US Embassy Says Kabul Airport Under Taliban Fire, Tells Americans to ‘Shelter in Place’

Afghan police check the cars at the entrance gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 15, 2021. Stringer/Reuters

The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan advised Americans to “shelter in place” amid reports that the Kabul Airport, one of the main exit points from Afghanistan, is taking fire from Taliban terrorists.

In a bulletin sent out on Sunday, the U.S. Department of State said that “the security situation in Kabul is changing quickly including at the airport.”