A baby is handed over to the American army over the perimeter wall of the airport for it to be evacuated, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug 19, 2021, in this still image taken from video obtained from social media. - Reuters
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): "There's going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy of the United States Afghanistan," declared President Joseph Biden just over a month ago.
"The likelihood there's going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely."
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