A total of 12 people were killed inside and outside the airport Afghanistan Kabul, the capital, Taliban NATO officials say that since the Taliban took over the city on Sunday, it has triggered a group of scared people to try to leave.
Taliban officials said on Thursday that the deaths were caused by shooting or stampede, and he urged people still crowded at the facility’s gates to go home if they do not have the legal right to travel.
“We don’t want to hurt anyone at the airport,” said the Taliban official, who declined to be named.
Canada has reached an agreement that the two military aircraft will resume “regular” flights to Kabul
Witnesses said the Kabul airport was calm early on Thursday.
A Western security source in Kabul told Reuters that a total of at least 8,000 people have been evacuated since Sunday.
A day ago, armed Taliban members prevented people from entering the airport compound.
“This is a total disaster. The Taliban are firing into the air, pushing people and beating them with AK47s,” said a person who tried to pass on Wednesday.
Another Taliban official said that the commander and soldiers shot into the air to disperse the crowd outside the Kabul airport.
(Reported by the Kabul Bureau, edited by Robert Birsel)
