- An Afghan officer was killed in a firefight with "unknown attackers," Germany's military said.
- Three more were injured in the
Kabul airport incident, and Western troops also got involved. - The airport has been chaotic since the
Taliban took over, with people desperate to fleeAfghanistan .
A firefight broke out at
The German military said on Twitter that the incident happened early on Monday morning, and involved "unknown attackers," the Associated Press reported.
It said in another tweet that the guard who was killed was a member "of the Afghan army." The Afghan army is currently helping other nations secure the airport.
German and US forces then got involved in the fight, the AP reported, citing the German military.
James Heappey, the UK's armed forces minister, told the BBC that British forces were not involved in the firefight as they were not in that part of the airport.
Kabul airport has been a scene of chaos since the Taliban took Kabul as part of their fast takeover of the country.
Other nations have been scrambling to evacuate their citizens and Afghans who helped those countries who now fear retribution. Desperate scenes have shown people trying to force themselves onto planes and even clinging on to the outside of jets, where some fell to their deaths.