An Afghan woman has given birth to a baby girl onboard an evacuation flight that was taking people from Kabul Airport of Afghanistan to Germany.
US Air Mobility Command posted a Twitter thread about the woman, who went into labour en route to Ramstein Air Base in Germany, reports BBC.
Medical personnel boarded the plane after it landed and delivered the baby in the aircraft's cargo hold.
“Both baby and mother are said to be in good condition at a nearby medical facility,” the BBC report said citing US officials.
At one point on the journey, the pregnant woman began having "complications", the thread said. The pilot had to descend in order to increase air pressure on board the plane, "which helped stabilise and save the mother's life".
Thousands of Afghans are outside the international airport in the capital, Kabul, days after the Taliban took control of the city, waiting in the sweltering heat and a throng of people for a chance to flee the country.
Ramstein Air Base has emerged as a key transit point for evacuees from Afghanistan.
US forces currently control the airport. About 17,000 people have so far been airlifted from the site by the US military, the White House said on Saturday.
US President Joe Biden has set a deadline of 31 August for the withdrawal of all US troops from the country. However, several nations are seeking an extension to this deadline to help safely evacuate their citizens and Afghans who served with Western agencies. It is feared they are at risk of Taliban reprisals.
