Holding on for dear life: Desperate Afghan filmed himself clinging to side of C-17 as it took off from Kabul airport and nobody knows if he lived or died

Afghanis fleeing Taliban ran on to Kabul airport runway on Monday and clung to the side of US evacuation jet

New footage taken by one of those riding on top of the landing gear reveals his desperate escape attempt

More video reveals how one was crushed to death after takeoff, with his body dangling from the landing gear

Three others were filmed falling to their deaths from the jet before evacuations were temporarily halted

Riding atop the landing gear of an American evacuation jet as its engines roar overhead - this video reveals firsthand the lengths Afghan men desperately fleeing the Taliban take-over of their country were prepared to take as they stormed Kabul airport yesterday.

The footage was captured by one of a dozen men who were seen clinging to wheel housing of an American C-17 military transport plane as it taxied towards the runway for a Freedom Flight back to the west.

It is not known what became of the man who filmed the video or those who appeared in it, but horrifying footage taken on board a similar jet reveals how one was crushed to death in the landing gear - his legs dangling sickeningly from the side of the aircraft.

More video taken from the ground at the airport shows three people falling to their deaths from one of the US planes - their bodies left scattered across rooftops in the Afghan capital.

The horrifying scenes will likely become the defining image of America and NATO's withdrawal from Afghanistan, a debacle that has seen President Biden accused of 'humiliating' his country on the world stage and western allies shamed for 'abandoning' Afghans who assisted their failed fight to install democracy in the country.

At least five people died in the pandemonium at Kabul airport on Monday, including the men killed on board the jet and two armed Afghan men who were shot to death by US troops.

Order seemed to have been restored on Tuesday after American troops secured the runway perimeter with barbed wire and Apache helicopters were brought in to drive civilians back - with people lining up to board rescue flights bound for Spain, France, India, the US and UK.

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