A soul-crushing video captures the moment a desperate mother allows her child to be handed through concertina wire to infantry Marines inside Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) in Kabul.

The gut-wrenching act of desperation further demonstrates the hopelessness the Afghan people are experiencing as the Islamist fanatic Taliban army takes over the country. This woman willingly gave up her child to trained-killer US Marines, knowing that whatever fate awaits the baby now is better than any life it may have under an oppressive Taliban regime.

This instance isn't unique. The UK's "i" newspaper reported that British paratroopers had multiple babies "thrown" to them, some of which landed in the barbed wire of the airport's perimeter. They reported that these mothers were being beaten by the Taliban.

While the Taliban have brushed up their public relations perception on social media, the Afghan people know better, and they are willing to cling to the side of a jet and give away their offspring to escape it.