Seven Afghans killed in ongoing chaos at Kabul airport

The Biden administration is considering asking US commercial airlines to provide planes and crews to assist in transporting Afghan refugees once they are evacuated from their country by military aircraft

Members of the British and US military assist with the evacuation of people out of Kabul, Afghanistan. UK Ministry of Defence/AP

Another seven Afghan civilians have been killed in the chaos surrounding Kabul’s international airport, the British military said on Sunday, showing the danger still facing those trying to flee the Taliban’s takeover of the country.

The deaths came as a new, perceived threat from the Islamic State group affiliate in Afghanistan has seen US military planes make rapid, diving combat landings at the airport surrounded by Taliban fighters.