One Afghan killed, several hurt in exchange of gunfire at Kabul airport -U.S. military


  • World
  • Monday, 23 Aug 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -One member of the Afghan forces was killed and several were wounded in an exchange of gunfire outside Kabul airport on Monday, but no U.S. personnel were hurt, the U.S. military said.

"The incident appeared to begin when an unknown hostile actor fired upon Afghan security forces involved in monitoring access to the gate. The Afghans returned fire, and in keeping with their right of self-defense, so too did U.S. and coalition troops," the statement said.

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