<p>An Afghan footballer who played for the national youth team fell to his death after trying to cling to a US plane airlifting people out of Taliban-controlled Kabul, a sports federation said Thursday.</p>.<p>The General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan, a government institution that worked with sporting groups, confirmed the death of Zaki Anwari in the mayhem that erupted at the airport in the capital this week.</p>.<p>"Anwari, like thousands of Afghan youths, wanted to leave the country but fell off a US plane and died," the group said in a statement posted on Facebook.</p>.<p>Thousands of Afghans have flocked to the airport this week in a bid to flee the country, following the Taliban's lightning offensive that ended with them assuming power when president Ashraf Ghani fled.</p>.<p>In a harrowing video from the airport on Monday, hundreds of people were seen running alongside a US Air Force plane as it gathered speed on the runway — several men desperately holding onto the side.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/human-remains-found-in-landing-gear-of-military-flight-from-kabul-us-air-force-1020892.html" target="_blank">Human remains found in landing gear of military flight from Kabul: US Air Force</a></strong></p>.<p>Further clips on social media appeared to show two people falling to their deaths from a C-17 aircraft after it took off.</p>.<p>Human remains were later found in a wheel well, the US military confirmed, adding that it was investigating the reported deaths linked to the C-17.</p>.<p>"Before the air crew could offload the cargo, the aircraft was surrounded by hundreds of Afghan civilians," US Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said.</p>.<p>"Faced with a rapidly deteriorating security situation around the aircraft, the C-17 crew decided to depart the airfield as quickly as possible."</p>.<p>US President Joe Biden has come under pressure at home and abroad to explain how his administration was seemingly unprepared for the Taliban's quick assault — and the way in which US troops are retreating from Afghanistan.</p>.<p>Memories of the Taliban's brutal regime of the 1990s — which saw music and television banned, people stoned to death and women confined to their homes — have caused panic about what lies ahead, prompting many Afghans to try to flee.</p>
<p>An Afghan footballer who played for the national youth team fell to his death after trying to cling to a US plane airlifting people out of Taliban-controlled Kabul, a sports federation said Thursday.</p>.<p>The General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan, a government institution that worked with sporting groups, confirmed the death of Zaki Anwari in the mayhem that erupted at the airport in the capital this week.</p>.<p>"Anwari, like thousands of Afghan youths, wanted to leave the country but fell off a US plane and died," the group said in a statement posted on Facebook.</p>.<p>Thousands of Afghans have flocked to the airport this week in a bid to flee the country, following the Taliban's lightning offensive that ended with them assuming power when president Ashraf Ghani fled.</p>.<p>In a harrowing video from the airport on Monday, hundreds of people were seen running alongside a US Air Force plane as it gathered speed on the runway — several men desperately holding onto the side.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/human-remains-found-in-landing-gear-of-military-flight-from-kabul-us-air-force-1020892.html" target="_blank">Human remains found in landing gear of military flight from Kabul: US Air Force</a></strong></p>.<p>Further clips on social media appeared to show two people falling to their deaths from a C-17 aircraft after it took off.</p>.<p>Human remains were later found in a wheel well, the US military confirmed, adding that it was investigating the reported deaths linked to the C-17.</p>.<p>"Before the air crew could offload the cargo, the aircraft was surrounded by hundreds of Afghan civilians," US Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said.</p>.<p>"Faced with a rapidly deteriorating security situation around the aircraft, the C-17 crew decided to depart the airfield as quickly as possible."</p>.<p>US President Joe Biden has come under pressure at home and abroad to explain how his administration was seemingly unprepared for the Taliban's quick assault — and the way in which US troops are retreating from Afghanistan.</p>.<p>Memories of the Taliban's brutal regime of the 1990s — which saw music and television banned, people stoned to death and women confined to their homes — have caused panic about what lies ahead, prompting many Afghans to try to flee.</p>