(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 22 - Seven people in the crowd near the Kabul airport died in the crowd as they tried to approach the airport to leave the country: SkyNews reports, citing a statement released this morning by the British Ministry of Defense. The ministry did not specify whether all the victims died today, nor did it report the causes of deaths. A spokesman for the ministry specified that the victims are Afghan civilians.
The "conditions on the ground remain extremely challenging, but we are doing everything possible to manage the situation as safely as possible," the ministry's statement read.
Yesterday, according to the media, four people died in the car from the airport of the Afghan capital. (HANDLE).