{"id":677862,"date":"2021-08-23T10:55:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T14:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=677862"},"modified":"2021-08-23T23:13:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T03:13:14","slug":"gun-battle-breaks-out-in-kabul-after-airport-comes-under-sniper-fire-one-afghan-soldier-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gun-battle-breaks-out-in-kabul-after-airport-comes-under-sniper-fire-one-afghan-soldier-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun Battle Breaks Out in Kabul After Airport Comes Under Sniper Fire \u2014 One Afghan Soldier Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgun-battle-breaks-out-in-kabul-after-airport-comes-under-sniper-fire-one-afghan-soldier-dead%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=677862&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><strong>A gunfight broke out last night outside the Kabul Airport that included US and German soldiers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>One Afghan soldier was killed after the airport came under sniper fire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The US and NATO forces have until August 31 to evacuate the city.<br \/>\nThe Taliban is calling the shots now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is a disaster of epic proportions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ABC reports on \u201canguish and agony\u201d amid Taliban gunfire at Kabul airport \u201cas 15,000 Americans\u201d try to escape Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>This aired after Biden\u2019s interview where he dismissed security concerns around the airport. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lt4COZOuct\">pic.twitter.com\/Lt4COZOuct<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1428338286507044869\">August 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/312262\">Israel National News<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>American and German military forces engaged in a firefight with unidentified gunmen at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul Monday, the German military reported.<\/p>\n<p>According to the military&#8217;s twitter posts, <strong>One Afghan guard was killed and three were wounded in the skirmish,<\/strong> which occurred at the airport&#8217;s northern gate.<\/p>\n<p><em>CNN<\/em>\u00a0reported that a sniper fired at an Afghan guard from outside the airport. The guards returned fire, and the American and German forces became embroiled in the firefight.<\/p>\n<p>Chaos has engulfed the airport since August 15, when the Taliban seized control of Kabul and the rest of Afghanistan. Twenty people have been killed in the scramble to get on board one of the flights leaving the Kabul airport, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/312186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seven who were killed in a crush<\/a>\u00a0yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the\u00a0<em>Associated Press<\/em>\u00a0reports that US military aircraft are performing dive bomb landings at the airport in response to an emerging threat from the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan, while aircraft deploy flares upon takeoff to avoid being shot down by heat-seeking missiles.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2021\/08\/gun-battle-breaks-kabul-airport-comes-sniper-fire-one-afghan-soldier-dead\/\">Gun Battle Breaks Out in Kabul After Airport Comes Under Sniper Fire &#8212; One Afghan Soldier Dead<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gunfight broke out last night outside the Kabul Airport that included US and German soldiers. One Afghan soldier was killed after the airport came under sniper fire. 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