Family of Afghan boy who fell off US plane speaks out, says searching for younger son

The family members spoke to Vice News and described the scene at Kabul airport where the body of the teenager was found. “His legs and arms were gone. I brought him back myself,” a family member said.

The rush to leave Afghanistan has claimed lives of many innocent citizens who dread the Taliban rule. Since the fall of capital Kabul on Sunday, there has been a huge rush at Hamid Karzai International (HKI) airport.

A volunteer carries an injured man as other people can be seen waiting at the Kabul airport. (AFP Photo)

The horrific scenes, as reported by local and global media, have emerged from the airport where thousands of people have been seen running along the US aircraft on the tarmac. One such scene showed a man falling from a transport plane which was in air after taking off.

US publication Vice News spoke to the family of the person - a 17-year-old - who it said left home with his 16-year-old brother on Monday, a day after Taliban capture Kabul.

The family members told Vice News that they were very upset after finding the body of the teenager, but are worried about the whereabouts of his brother. “His legs and arms were gone. I brought him back myself,” a family member said.

The video showing 17-year-old's body falling from the plane like a tiny speck sent shockwaves across the world. Many rights group and other organisations called for intervention to control the situation in Afghanistan.

The family members Vice spoke to said they hope to find their younger son "dead or alive"; they have searched all the hospitals in Kabul but have so far not received any information about the 16-year-old.

The boys left the home after hearing a rumour that 20,000 people from Afghanistan will be relocated to the United States and Canada, which prompted the boys to try their luck at the airport, Vice reported, quoting one of the members of the family.

The situation is bad in Afghanistan, the family members further told Vice, and everyone is trying to run away fearing the rule of Taliban as they are killing people.

Two other people have died after falling from the C-17 planes used by the United States to ferry its citizens and other people out of Afghanistan. Their bodies were tracked down by the locals who were present at the airport and carried put of the airport. The family members of the 17-year-old identified his mangled body from among those brought back from the airport.

The family members are now appealing to the media to help them find their younger son. The brothers were the eldest of eight siblings.