American and German soldiers were involved today in exchange of fire with strangers at Kabul airport, where President Joe Biden may agree to keep troops beyond the August 31st date set for their departure, the APE reports.
A Afghan A guard was killed and three others were injured in a clash with unknown assailants early in the morning at the airport and German and US troops took part in “subsequent exchanges of fire”, the German military said via Twitter. CNN reported that a sniper outside the airport opened fire on Afghan guards inside the facility and they returned fire, but US forces responded by firing on the Afghan guards.
Two NATO officials at the airport told Reuters the situation was under control and all airport gates were closed. The British Minister of the Armed Forces James Hippy stated that the British forces and the British citizens did not take part in this exchange of fire at the Kabul airport. Hippie told BBC television that the clash took place in an area of ​​the airport where there are no British forces.
“Subsequent exchanges of fire”
The German military said in a statement that an Afghan guard had been killed in an exchange of fire early this morning at Kabul airport, prompting German and US forces to intervene.
“At 04:13 this morning, there was an exchange of fire between Afghan guards and unknown assailants at the north gate of Kabul airport. “One Afghan guard was killed and three others were injured,” the German military said in a statement on its Twitter account.
German and US troops took part in “subsequent exchanges of fire”, the German armed forces added, adding that no German soldiers were injured.
People had already been killed in the often unexplained circumstances around the airport, where the painful evacuation operations continue. Faced with the difficulties, Biden opened the door to an extension of the US presence there after the end of August.
“Talks are taking place between us and the army about the extension. “We hope we will not have to prolong it, but there will be talks, I guess, on how the evacuation process is going,” the US president said on Sunday night.
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