Dead and injured as a result of the stampede... Chaos at Kabul Airport and US forces fire in the air .
Deaths and injuries were caused by the stampede and chaos at Kabul International Airport today, Monday, and the American forces fired in the air after crowds of Afghans stormed the airport runway, hoping to flee the country after the Taliban took control of it, after which the airport authorities announced the cancellation of all commercial flights.
Al-Jazeera correspondent quoted a security source as saying that 4 people were killed and 13 others wounded in the stampede at Kabul airport.
On the other hand, a US official told Reuters that the crowds at Kabul airport were out of control, and that US forces opened fire to prevent chaos. Read who're the taliban? why the islamist militants have seized afghanistan, and the way they are funded
A second US official stated that the shooting in the air at Kabul airport came to prevent Afghans from boarding military planes, and indicated that military flights from Kabul are only for the transportation of diplomats and embassies staff.
Twenty years after being removed from power in a U.S.-led invasion, Taliban militiamen swept to into Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, on Sunday, facing little resistance from Afghan government forces.
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