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A 7-month-old baby alone in a cold box… Kabul Airport Tragedy Resounds Around the World

A photo released on the 17th (local time) shows a 7-month-old baby crying after breaking up with his parents at Kabul Airport, Afghanistan. (Asbaka News Twitter capture)© News1

A photo of a baby crying after being separated from his parents at Kabul Airport, which has been ravaged by people who have gathered to escape Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban militant group, is spreading on the Internet.

Afghan news agency Asbaka posted a photo of a 7-month-old baby found at Kabul airport on Twitter on the 17th (local time). The photo shows the baby lying in a blue plastic box and crying, as if taken at home.

Asbaka posted along with the photo, “A couple living in Kabul PD-5 lost their 7-month-old baby at Kabul Airport in chaos the day before.

In the comments, netizens showed reactions such as “Poor and regrettable”, “It is so sad as a parent of a single child”, and “The cruel era we are witnessing and living”.

Hamid Karzai International Airport on the 16th, when the couple lost their baby, was reported to have been temporarily shut down as people trying to escape from Afghanistan flocked to the runway.

khan@news1.kr