As thousands of Afghans and foreigners were stranded at the airport to flee the Taliban regime, a firefight broke out at the airport, with Western forces involved.

German Armed Forces said on Twitter that one Afghan guard was killed and three were wounded at the clash which took place at the northern gate of the airport. 

CNN reported that a sniper outside the airport had fired at Afghan guards inside the facility and they had returned fire but U.S. forces had fired back at the Afghan guards.

While the US forces have been controlling the situation at the Airport, the Taliban have deployed militants outside the airport.

NATO officials inside the airport said that the situation is totally under their control.