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Afghan Guard Killed In Gunfight At Kabul Airport

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By Tom Jones Usen
Updated August 23, 2021
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A group of Afghan nationals arrive on the tarmac after disembarking from a Belgium military airplane at the military airport in Melsbroek near Brussels, on August 23, 2021. The Belgian military evacuation mission ‘Operation Red Kite’ flies defense cargo planes back and forth between the Pakistani capital Islamabad and Kabul in Afghanistan, to get Belgians and their families, but also Afghans such as interpreters, fixers and employees of human rights organizations safely out of Afghanistan. Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
A group of Afghan nationals arrive on the tarmac after disembarking from a Belgium military airplane at the military airport in Melsbroek near Brussels, on August 23, 2021.  organizations safely out of Afghanistan.
Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP

 

 

German and US forces joined in a gun battle Monday at Kabul airport after Afghan guards and unknown assailants exchanged fire, with one guard killed, the German army said.

“This morning at 4.13 am, there was an exchange of fire between Afghan guards and unknown assailants at the North Gate of Kabul airport. An Afghan guard was killed, three others injured,” said the German army on Twitter.

“American and German forces participated in further exchange of fire,” it said, adding that no German soldiers were injured.

Kabul airport has seen chaotic scenes as tens of thousands of foreigners and Afghans seek to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban swept back to power more than a week ago.

The German army has since flown more than 2,500 people out using military planes.

-AFP

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