At least 5 people killed in Kabul airport, says report

At least five people were killed in Kabul airport on Monday as hundreds of people stormed into the area to board planes leaving the Afghan capital, news agency Reuters reported citing eyewitnesses.

One of the eyewitnesses told the news agency that they have seen the bodies of five deceased people being taken in a vehicle. It was not clear whether they died in a firing or in a stampede, said another. Earlier, US troops fired shots into the air at Kabul airport as thousands of Afghans crowded onto the tarmac to catch a flight out of the country after the Taliban takeover.