Soldier dies in airport gunfire

GUNFIRE at one of the gates to Kabul’s international airport has killed at least one Afghan soldier, German officials said, in the latest chaos to engulf Western efforts to evacuate people fleeing the Taliban takeover of the country.

The shooting came as the Taliban sent fighters north of the capital to eliminate pockets of armed resistance to their lightning takeover earlier this month.

The Taliban said they had retaken three districts seized by opponents the day before and had surrounded Panjshir, the last province that remains out of their control.

The German military posted a tweet saying that one member of the Afghan security forces was killed and three were wounded by “unknown attackers”.