‘Disgusting’ T-shirt blasted for mocking Afghans falling from plane in Kabul

Online retailers are being blasted for selling a T-shirt that mocks Afghans who died after falling from a plane in an attempt to flee the Taliban.

The “T” stands for tasteless.

Some online bottom feeders are being blasted for hawking a T-shirt that mocks Afghans who died after falling from a plane in an attempt to flee the Taliban this week.

The offensive tee, which is emblazoned with “Kabul Skydiving Club Est. 2021,” surfaced on several off-brand online clothing stores, including Tee4Sport and TShirtAtLowPrice.com. The appalling top also depicts silhouettes of two people plummeting from a military aircraft.

It was an insensitive shot at multiple individuals — including a 17-year-old boy — who died after falling from a US air force jet in Kabul while desperately attempting to flee Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover.

“Featuring the scene of the plane flying in the sky and suddenly, there are two people falling from it, the Kabul Skydiving Club Shirt is officially becoming a phenomenon and goes viral on the internet after that!” reads the thoughtless description.

“For those who are into Parachuting, skydiving, those who love jumping from the aeroplane to experience the highest mood, this shirt is totally suitable to wear!”

It adds, “The shirt originally does have its own meaning in the political aspect, but in the end, it depends on how you feel about it!”

They even feature a 19-second YouTube clip of a man smugly modelling the cretinous couture, which apparently comes in a variety of colours and ranges in size from small to 5XL.

In an apparent attempt to prove they’re not terrible people, the shirt’s creators paradoxically offer condolences to the victims of the tragedy.

“We were truly heartbroken and empathetic with the horrifying death of 2 people falling from the plane,” they write in the ham-fisted post, adding, “and it was a shock when the rest of the world understand how the people of Afghanistan are facing the situation over there.”

The “disgusting” shirt surfaced on a variety of online clothing shops.

Go figure: The tasteless gag didn’t fly with Twitter users, who excoriated the sellers for attempting to profit off a recent tragedy.
“As Afghans are fleeing and clinging to planes out of desperation, someone decided to capitalise on their pain and misery with this repulsive T-shirt,” fumed Holly Dagres, an Iranian American senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.

“It’s being sold on at least half a dozen T-shirt printing websites right now. Humans can be so cruel.”

“That is absolutely disgusting,” tweeted another aghast commenter, while another lamented, “This is what we’ve become [sic], apparently.”

Meanwhile, an ad for the morbid memorabilia has since been removed from Reddit after users overwhelmingly voted that it showcased “moral/mental/physical corruption or perversion.”

Alas, cruel clothing hawkers attempting to profit off misery is not a new phenomenon. In June, Amazon’s US store pulled a controversial children’s T-shirt that depicted convicted killer and former Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the neck of George Floyd.

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was republished with permission