An Afghan woman and her baby are in a good condition after she gave birth on board a US Air Force evacuation flight.
An Afghan woman has given birth onboard a US evacuation plane moments after landing at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, the US Air Force has said.The baby was born in the plane's cargo bayThe woman delivered a baby girl in the cargo bay of an Air Force C-17 aircraft on Saturday local time after going into labour and experiencing complications during the flight, US Air Mobility Command said on Twitter.
The woman was part of a group fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan and was on the second stage of an evacuation flight that had taken off from a base in the Middle East. A week after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, evacuation operations from foreign countries continue under extreme conditions marked by scenes of panic and desperation at Kabul airport.
A NATO official said that at least 20 people had died in the past seven days in and around the airport. Some were shot and others died in stampedes, witnesses said.
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