China News Service, August 16th, according to comprehensive foreign media reports, on the 16th local time, following major changes in the situation in Afghanistan, a large number of people crowded the airport in the capital Kabul and tried to leave Afghanistan.
The US military, responsible for maintaining order at the airport, fired at the airport earlier. At least five people have died at the airport, but the cause of death has not yet been determined.
Data map: Aircraft over Kabul Airport.
According to Reuters, witnesses on the scene said that at the Kabul airport, hundreds of people tried to forcibly enter the plane leaving Kabul.
The report quoted a U.S. official as saying that the U.S. military in charge of airport order had earlier shot into the air to disperse the crowd.
There were also witnesses who saw the remains of five deceased being carried to a car.
Another witness said that it is still unclear whether the victim died from the shooting or was trampled on.
According to previous reports, at present, the Kabul airport authorities have cancelled commercial flights from Kabul.
At the same time, the Afghan Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) issued a notice stating that it recommended that transit aircraft be diverted.
Regarding the chaotic situation at Kabul Airport, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova said on the 16th local time that Kabul Airport was overcrowded and they were all asking the United States for assistance in evacuation, but received no response. No one asked "what happened to human rights."
Zakharova wrote on social media, “The Afghans rushed to the plane and asked Washington not for help, but for help, but the only response to them was silence.”