RT News - August 17 2021 (12:00 MSK)

Chaos engulfs Kabul's airport as thousands of Afghans try to flee the country. Disturbing images show people desperately trying to cling to a plane as it attempted to take off with some later plunging to their deaths. A defiant President Biden defends his troop withdrawal blaming the unfolding chaos in Afghanistan on its leaders for fleeing and the Afghan army for not fighting. The new Afghan reality makes EU leaders anxious over a potentially massive flow of refugees to Europe.