A video of a father handing his baby to US troops at Kabul airport was all over social media yesterday. The heartbreaking video reminded us about the atrocities Afghans are facing in their own country ever since the Taliban took over.?
The video showed a father giving his baby to a US security personnel over a razor-wire topped wall at Kabul's airport to get it to safety. It led many to wonder if the parents ever got reunited with the baby.?
Now, according to a report by Forbes, the Department of Defense explained the baby required medical care but is now safely with its father.?The baby is now ¡°safe at the airport¡± behind the U.S. military¡¯s perimeter, Marine Corps spokesperson Jim Stenger told Forbes.?
The report also mentioned that neither of the spokespersons revealed any details on whether the baby and father will leave Afghanistan, or if any other family members made it into the airport.?
¡°It was an act of compassion because there was concern about the baby," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby had told AFP.
The official Pentagon images show thousands of people waiting outside the airport to leave the country and avoid living under the extremist militant group.?