Aviation News Desk:
Twelve people have died at Kabul airport since Sunday, the day the Taliban took control of Afghanistan’s capital city, the Taliban and NATO both said.
Reuters reported the figures on Thursday, citing both the Taliban and NATO.
The Taliban also urged people to leave the airport on Thursday if they did not have the legal right to fly out of the country.
One unnamed Taliban official said, according to Reuters: “We don’t want to hurt anyone at the airport.”
The official said the deaths were caused by gunshots and stampedes.
It is unclear if the death toll of 12 includes two armed people that were reportedly shot dead by US troops at the airport perimeter.
A NATO official had previously said that 17 people were injured in a stampede at a gate to the airport on Wednesday.