Five dead in Kabul airport amid exodus

By Jane Wardell and Robert Birsel
Updated August 16 2021 - 7:10pm, first published 7:07pm
Taliban insurgents have taken control of the presidential palace in Kabul after Ashraf Ghani fled.
Taliban insurgents have taken control of the presidential palace in Kabul after Ashraf Ghani fled.

Five people have been killed in chaos at Kabul airport, witnesses say, as US troops guarded the evacuation of embassy staff a day after the Taliban seized the Afghan capital and declared the war was over and peace prevailed.

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