Taliban seek to assert control around Kabul airport as death toll rises to 20

With airfield surrounded by militants and a perceived new Isis threat, US planes now perform combat landings

The Taliban were attempting to demonstrate they control the areas around the chaotic Kabul airport on Sunday, where Nato said 20 people died in the past week.

As witnesses reported Taliban fighters to be firing into the air and using batons to force people to form orderly queues outside the main gates and not gather at the perimeter, the militant group that retook the Afghan capital last week after 20 years said it was seeking “complete clarity” on the evacuation plan being led by foreign forces.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3D9NTID