A US soldier points his gun towards and bellows at an Afghan civilian at the Kabul airport on Monday. Two armed Afghans have been killed by American troops at the airport
* US troops are defending Kabul airport in Afghanistan from Taliban fighters who are fast encroaching
* American troops killed two armed Afghan nationals on the airfield who had stormed to try to get on planes
* Three fell to their deaths after climbing onto the fuselage of a CR-17 jet in the desperate hope of holding on as the plane took off
* The bloodied bodies of another three Afghan nationals were left on the runway after the plane took off
* Evacuation flights were temporarily halted on Monday as the US troops tried to regain control
* They are believed to have resumed but the Pentagon has not confirmed how many flights will take off
* The State Department also won't confirm how many American citizens remain in Kabul
* 30,000 Afghan refugees are expected to be flown to air bases in Wisconsin and Texas but it's unclear when that will happen
* President Joe Biden - whose silence has been deafening for days - will address the nation at 3.45pm
* The UN says the Taliban have started 'targeted killings' after promising not to breach human rights
* They are going door to door looking for people on their list of enemies, according to UN officials
At least seven people were killed at Kabul airport on Monday, including two who were shot dead by US troops, three who were run over by taxiing jets and three stowaways who fell from the engines of a US Air Force jet as it fled an airfield of thousands of desperate Afghan nationals hoping to escape.
The Taliban has taken control of Afghanistan and there is now a frantic race to evacuate the remaining US citizens from the embassy and Afghan refugees before the terror organization encroaches on the airport.
The UN reports that the terror group has started 'targeted killings' in the city after claiming it wouldn't breach human rights and wanted to be recognized by the international community.
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China ready for 'friendly relations' with Taliban, welcomes Afghan development projects -- France 24
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