Some slept, some cried, all were now refugees: inside one of the last Afghan airlifts

Those on board the cramped military plane weren't granted a last glimpse of their homeland before the difficult journey ahead, while all knew thousands still waited desperately below

The American marine shouted push!". And hundreds of people did, shoving inside the Boeing C-17 military aircraft; tumbling over, then pulling their bodies into tight huddles on the floor to let as many others in as possible.

As the rear door closed and the deafening engines started, lifting the heavy plane off the runway at Kabul's international airport, people broke down wailing; crying. Now refugees.