“The security situation in Kabul is changing rapidly, including at the airport.

There are reports of shelling at the airport;

we urge US citizens to find shelter, ”the embassy said in a statement.

Earlier, Chargé d'Affaires of the United States in Afghanistan, Ross Wilson, was evacuated from the diplomatic mission in Kabul and taken to the airport.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the United States is transferring its diplomatic personnel from the embassy in Kabul to the capital's airport, from where citizens are evacuated.