Meanwhile, all commercial flights have been suspended at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, TOLO News reported on Monday, quoting a statement, after the closure of Afghan airspace. Earlier, US troops fired shots in the air at Kabul's airport as crowds mobbed the tarmac, news agency AFP reported, quoting a witness.
The Taliban is in control of Afghanistan after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and conceded that the insurgents had won the 20-year war.