“This was mayhem. This was nuts.” Clarissa Ward described how a member of her CNN crew was nearly pistol-whipped by a Taliban fighter while covering a tumultuous scene outside the airport in Kabul as the militant group consolidates power in Afghanistan.
“I’ve covered all sorts of crazy situations,” Ward said in a report that aired on CNN. “This was mayhem. This was nuts.”
In one report Wednesday, Ward said it was extremely chaotic near the airport, where people were pleading for help to get out of the country. At one point, she said, a Taliban fighter shouted at her to cover her face or he wouldn’t talk to her. He was carrying a makeshift whip with a heavy chain and padlock.
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz tweeted a portion of one of Ward’s Monday reports, where she described an “utterly bizarre” scene of people shouting “death to America” while also appearing friendly.That earned him a sharp Twitter response from CNN’s public relations department: “Rather than running off to Cancun in tough times, @clarissaward is risking her life to tell the world what’s happening. That’s called bravery.
Some on social media suggested the two pictures illustrated a contrast in life before and after Taliban rule. Rep. Vicki Hartzler, a Missouri Republican, said they showcased “just how crushing Joe Biden’s incompetence will be for the future of Afghan women.”
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