British military: 7 Afghans killed in chaos at Kabul airport

KABUL – A panicked crush of radical trying to participate Kabul's planetary airdrome killed 7 Afghan civilians successful the crowds, the British subject said Sunday, showing the information inactive posed to those trying to fly the Taliban's takeover of the country.

The deaths travel arsenic a new, perceived menace from the Islamic State radical affiliate successful Afghanistan has seen U.S. subject planes bash rapid, diving combat landings astatine the airdrome surrounded by Taliban fighters. Other craft person changeable disconnected flares connected takeoff, an effort to confuse imaginable heat-seeking missiles targeting the planes.

The changes travel arsenic the U.S. Embassy issued a caller information informing Saturday telling citizens not to question to the Kabul airdrome without idiosyncratic acquisition from a U.S. authorities representative. Officials declined to supply much specifics astir the IS menace but described it arsenic significant. They said determination person been nary confirmed attacks arsenic yet by the militants, who person battled the Taliban successful the past.

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On Sunday, the British subject acknowledged the 7 deaths of civilians successful the crowds successful Kabul. There person been stampedes and crushing injuries successful the crowds, particularly arsenic Taliban fighters occurrence into the aerial to thrust distant those hopeless to get connected immoderate formation retired of the country.

“Conditions connected the crushed stay highly challenging but we are doing everything we tin to negociate the concern arsenic safely and securely arsenic possible," the Defense Ministry said successful a statement.

Thousands rushed the airdrome past Monday successful chaos that saw the U.S. effort to wide disconnected the runway with low-flying onslaught helicopters S everal Afghans plunged to their deaths portion hanging disconnected the broadside of a U.S. subject cargo plane. It's been hard to cognize the afloat standard of the deaths and injuries from the chaos.

The Biden medication is considering calling connected U.S. commercialized airlines to supply planes and crews to assistance successful transporting Afghan refugees erstwhile they are evacuated from their state by subject aircraft. Under the voluntary Civil Reserve Air Fleet program, civilian airlines adhd to subject craft capableness during a situation related to nationalist defense. That programme was calved successful the aftermath of the Berlin airlift.

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The U.S. Transportation Command said Saturday it had issued a informing bid to U.S. carriers Friday nighttime connected the imaginable activation of the program. If called upon, commercialized airlines would transport evacuees from mode stations extracurricular Afghanistan to different state oregon from Virginia’s Dulles International Airport to U.S. subject bases.

Meanwhile, the Taliban’s apical governmental person arrived successful Kabul for talks connected forming a caller government. The beingness of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who returned to Kandahar earlier this week from Qatar, was confirmed by a Taliban authoritative who spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that helium was not authorized to speech to the quality media. Baradar negotiated the militants' 2020 bid woody with the U.S., and helium is present expected to play a cardinal relation successful negotiations betwixt the Taliban and officials from the Afghan authorities that the militant radical deposed.

Afghan officials acquainted with talks held successful the superior accidental the Taliban person said they volition not marque announcements connected their authorities until the Aug. 31 deadline for the U.S. unit withdrawal passes.

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Abdullah Abdullah, a elder authoritative successful the ousted government, tweeted that helium and ex-President Hamid Karzai met Saturday with Taliban’s acting politician for Kabul, who “assured america that helium would bash everything imaginable for the information of the people” of the city.

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Akhgar reported from Istanbul and Gambrell from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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