You decide to listen to the Romanian Embassy and stay in the bus. You are trying to maintain calm when you hear an explosion happen at a distance. You feel the tremors caused by the explosion, but there is too much smoke to be able to see anything. You can just hear a very high-pitched noise in your ear. People are shouting, crying, running in all directions. Through the smoke, you see people; some wounded, some dead. 

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In the middle of this chaos, you get a call from the Romanian Embassy and they straightaway ask you to leave with the buses. They inform you that the Taliban has blocked all the gates after the explosion, so there is no way anyone is getting inside the airport anymore. They also warn that there might be another explosion, and thus, being anywhere near the airport is as good as being dead.

A day later, the Embassy calls to inform that they are arranging the vehicles for the same 120 people again as they are hopeful that the people will be allowed to enter the airport as the Taliban has “promised” so.

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The buses leave again, this time with shattered hopes. While your bus is still at a distance from the airport, waiting in line for the entry, something unexpected happens. Suddenly, two Talibs enter your bus, looking for someone. Unlike the ones from the other day, they are wearing uniforms, and have their faces covered.

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In the bus, the Talibs are not talking to the women. Not even looking them in the eye. They straight away go to the driver, a male, and tell him that they are looking for a female journalist and that no vehicle will be allowed to move until they find her. 

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This evacuation plan has failed, and you are on your own.

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You now decide to