An Afghan security source told Al-Jazeera that the death toll from the chaos at Kabul Airport had risen to 10.
For its part, the Taliban reiterated that the situation in the capital is safe and under control.
The source added that the arrivals to Kabul Airport entered from all sides despite the presence of foreign forces, including the US, which are trying to evacuate their citizens and the Afghan employees working with them.
Hundreds of Afghans crowded into Kabul airport in an effort to get out of the country after Taliban militants entered the capital, Kabul, on Sunday.
Another Saigon moment: chaotic scenes at Kabul International Airport.
No security.
None.
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— Saad Mohseni (@saadmohseni) August 15, 2021
Some videos showed overcrowding inside some planes before takeoff, and passengers trying to board.
This is happening right now aboard KamAir destined for Istanbul.
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— Saad Mohseni (@saadmohseni) August 15, 2021
Al-Jazeera correspondent in Kabul reported - this morning, Monday - that about 3,000 Afghans are at Kabul airport, hoping to leave, and indicated that he has detected a large movement towards the airport for people who want to leave without having tickets or entry visas.
The reporter pointed out that the crowds headed to the airport after rumors spread among the residents of the capital and on social media that Western countries - especially the United States and Canada - would transfer those wishing to immigrate to them without the need for visas or travel documents.
Al-Jazeera correspondent had reported that the vicinity of the airport witnessed heavy shooting.
And the US Department of Defense (the Pentagon) announced that the US forces responded to two shooting incidents, which led to the killing of two gunmen at Kabul Airport, and revealed preliminary information that an American soldier had been wounded without being sure.
The Pentagon confirmed that it will raise the number of American soldiers at the airport in the Afghan capital in the coming days to 6,000, and that commercial and military flights will resume as soon as the regime returns to the airport and security is established there.
Calm in Kabul
For its part, the Taliban reiterated that the situation in the capital is under control and that it arrested a number of those it said were involved in sabotage operations, a day after the movement took control of the capital, Kabul, and the collapse of the US-backed government.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that the situation in Kabul is under control and that those involved in sabotage operations have been arrested, stressing the movement's keenness not to allow or threaten the homes of former officials.
Taliban officials had said that the situation in Afghanistan today, Monday, is calm, and that the movement's fighters are not clashing with the outgoing government forces or civilians in any area.
Reuters quoted officials in the movement - who declined to be named - that they had not received any reports of any clashes in various parts of the country, and a senior member of the movement said that "the situation is calm according to what we have reports."
The Taliban announced that it had deployed the intelligence network throughout the Afghan capital.
The head of Kabul's intelligence in the movement, Mullah Fathullah Madani, said - in a video clip via Twitter - that "it was planned to control some of the existing partial challenges, and all the thieves and perpetrators of looting were arrested."
political consultations
In a related context, the Taliban spokesman said, "Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaki, a member of the Leadership Shura Council and head of the Call and Guidance Committee of the Islamic Emirate, arrived in the capital, Kabul, and met a number of former officials in the Afghan government."
For his part, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that channels of communication were opened with Taliban leaders and expressed his hope that they would be fruitful.
Karzai added, after a meeting with the head of the Afghan Reconciliation Committee, Abdullah Abdullah, that they discussed with Taliban leaders crucial issues regarding the future of Afghanistan.
For his part, Head of the Reconciliation Committee Abdullah Abdullah said that "Afghanistan is going through difficult times, and the recent changes have affected people's lives."
He added that he hoped that all Afghan leaders would agree to resolve the crisis.
After 20 years of being expelled from power following the US invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban forces entered the capital, Kabul, on Sunday, and took control of the security and government headquarters there, after taking control of the other 33 states within just a week.
The Taliban movement - shortly after its fighters entered the capital, Kabul - sent messages of reassurance to the Afghan people and the international community about the next stage in the country, and confirmed the existence of talks to form an inclusive government, while President Ashraf Ghani said that he left Afghanistan to save blood.
And before the arrival of yesterday evening, Sunday, the movement announced the control of the presidential palace in Kabul, and private pictures of the island showed a number of the movement's elements as they received the palace from an employee in the presidency.
Night pictures also showed the concentration of the movement’s fighters in several points in the capital, and Taliban sources reported that it had coordinated with the Americans regarding the areas where its militants were deployed in the capital, in order to avoid any possible clash with the American forces that are securing the capital’s airport to evacuate diplomats and American and foreign nationals.