Afghan staff at the US Embassy in Kabul are losing faith in the evacuations, with one saying they'd rather be killed by the Taliban than return to the airport, report says

Former US Embassy staffers in Afghanistan have been left "deeply disheartened," according to a State Department cable cited by NBC News.

1 killed, 3 injured after a firefight between Afghan guards and unidentified gunmen at Kabul airport

A firefight with "unknown attackers" left one member of Afghanistan's military dead, the German military said.