Situation in Afghanistan: The Bundeswehr reports a firefight at the entrance to Kabul Airport

Situation in Afghanistan: The Bundeswehr reports a firefight at the entrance to Kabul Airport

There was a firefight at Kabul airport in which an Afghan security force was killed. Unknown attackers opened fire there on the international security forces.

According to the Bundeswehr, there was a firefight between Afghan security forces and unknown attackers at Kabul airport on Monday morning. An Afghan security force was killed and three others injured, the Bundeswehr reported on the Twitter online service. In the further course of the battle, US and German soldiers were also involved. All soldiers in the Bundeswehr are unharmed.

Kabul airport has been secured by foreign soldiers since the radical Islamic Taliban came to power a week ago. For days, thousands of desperate people have been crowding in front of the gates of the airport, hoping for a place on an evacuation plane. The gates were therefore temporarily closed completely on Saturday. Then there was panic and crowding, several people were killed. The evacuation flights also stalled at times.

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