CNN’s Clarissa Ward leaves Afghanistan after Taliban coverage

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CNN international correspondent Clarissa Ward is leaving Afghanistan after spending days on the streets of Kabul providing detailed reports after the country was taken over by the Taliban.

Ward tweeted an image from inside an evacuation flight departing from Kabul airport shortly after 2 a.m. local time on Saturday morning, and also showing dozens of others. people on board.

“On our flight and prepare for takeoff,” he wrote.

Ward has been covering the Taliban and has faced some tense moments with members of the Kabul militant group, with a Taliban fighter nearly whipping his producer this week.

“People have been saying, ‘Oh, this woman isn’t scared,’ and I really am not. I’m very scared and I don’t like being in situations where they want bullets …. I shudder every time I hear a shot “I hate shots like everyone else does,” Ward told The Hill in an interview this week.

Ward, 41, could be seen questioning Taliban members who approached her and her crew.

“Can I ask you a question?” asked a Taliban member. “I’m sorry.”

Ward’s presence in the country’s capital days after the Taliban took control was also notable given this. women and journalists are particularly vulnerable groups that the Taliban have gone through in the past.

“I’m very happy to get on a plane to get out, and I just want to say, on behalf of everyone here on CNN and everyone who has been watching CNN, your reports have been brave and amazing. … We’re lucky to have you as a co-worker, ”CNN anchors Jake TapperJacob (Jake) Paul Tapper: CNN’s Clarissa Ward leaves Afghanistan after Taliban coverage IMF suspends Afghanistan’s access to resources Taliban seize power as Washington debates what failed MORE he said in a call with Ward as he left the country.

It was not immediately clear where Ward and his crew were heading. The Hill has contacted CNN to comment.

Many other journalists had left the country earlier this week, as the U.S. continues to evacuate thousands of Americans and Afghan allies on flights departing from Kabul airport.

“Honestly, it’s been an amazing journey,” Ward said this week in The Hill. “It certainly seemed like we had the front row in history and it’s an extraordinary moment to witness.”

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