At least three Afghans clinging to the side of a U.S. Air Force jet leaving Kabul airport were run over and killed, a U.S. official said
Chaotic scenes at Kabul’s international airport turned deadly Monday as thousands of Afghans scrambled in the hope of catching an evacuation flight afterU.S. troops shot and killed two armed men at Kabul’s international airport, according to a U.S. official. The armed men, who numbered at least two, approached U.S. troops deployed to the airport to provide security and assist Americans and other individuals in a safe departure from Afghanistan, the official said.
The official also said at least three Afghans clinging to the side of an Air Force jet evacuating personnel from the airport were run over and killed. Video images from the chaotic scene showed desperate Afghans clinging to the side of a U.S. military plane moving on the tarmac. Separately, witnesses reported seeing three bloodied bodies, including that of one woman, lying on the ground just outside the terminal building.after the Afghan government collapsed on Sunday. Those evacuation flights are processed on a separate military side of the airport.
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