KABUL, Aug 24 (NNN-ANA) – One Afghan citizen was killed and several others wounded yesterday, following a shooting, outside Kabul airport, where crowds still exist amid U.S. evacuation efforts, multiple sources said.
The shooting occurred, when a former military officer holding a pistol, fired towards joint security forces, at the military gate of the airport, in the morning, a witness said.
Since mid Aug, U.S. forces, Taliban forces and a small unit of security forces from the Afghan government, have been jointly working to ensure order in multiple airport gates, as Afghans continue to flood to the airport.
The U.S. Central Command reportedly confirmed that one Afghan was killed and several wounded, but no coalition forces were hurt during the exchange of fire.
The Taliban has not commented on the incident so far. Unofficial sources said, one Afghan soldier was killed and several people, including a son of the assailant, were wounded in the shooting.
U.S. forces have been evacuating diplomats and Afghans, who worked for U.S. and the coalition forces, since Taliban took over the control of Kabul.
Earlier in the day, an Italian-run war victim’s emergency hospital in Kabul said that, six patients from the airport, with bullet injuries were admitted to the hospital, over the past two days.
At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded around the airport, in multiple shootings and stampede, since Aug 15, according to media reports.– NNN-ANA
