An Afghan woman gave birth to a baby girl on an evacuation flight. According to the US Air Force, the woman went into labour en route to Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
Medical personnel boarded the plane after it landed and delivered the baby in the aircraft’s cargo hold. Both the mother and baby are said to be doing well.
At one point on the journey, the woman started to develop complications and the pilot had to descend in order to increase air pressure on board the plane. It helped to stabilise and to save the woman’s life.
Thousands of Afghans are waiting outside the International Airport in the capital, Kabul after the Taliban took control of the city and are waiting for a chance to flee the country.
US forces are currently in control of the airport and about 17,000 people have so far been airlifted from the site by the US military according to the White House. US President Joe Biden has set a deadline of August 31 for the withdrawal of all US troops from the country.
