1 killed, several wounded in Kabul airport shooting: sources

Source: Xinhua| 2021-08-24 00:09:24|Editor: huaxia

KABUL, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- One Afghan citizen was killed and several others wounded on Monday 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, on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua near the scene.

Since mid August, 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 has 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.

The 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 stamped since Aug. 15, according to media reports. Enditem

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