A number of satellite images from Maxar Technologies showed the chaotic scene that erupted at the Kabul International Airport on Monday as thousands of desperate people try to escape Afghanistan.
Crowds of people can be seen on the tarmac chasing a C-17 airlifter.
The incident made headlines as videos showing some people clinging to the fuselage of a C-17 airlifter fell off mid-flight, in a last-ditch effort to flee the country.
Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said US forces had been shot and they returned fire in two separate incidents.
The incident killed two people, he said, but no further details were given.
The US military forces have halted all flights from Kabul after the incident.
Outside the airport, chaos was also felt.
The satellite photos released by Maxar gave a glimpse of vehicles at a gridlock as drivers tried to approach the airfield.
Many people appear to have abandoned their vehicles entirely to board some of the final remaining planes leaving Kabul.
The Taliban has not attacked the airport, even as their forces already took over most government facilities in the capital city.
A Taliban spokesman said on Monday that they will not block anyone from leaving Afghanistan, including those who helped the US or Afghan governments.
US President Joe Biden said Monday that he stand by his decision to withdraw all American forces from Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the country.
“I stand squarely behind my decision,” Biden said at the White House.
“After 20 years, I’ve learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw U.S. forces. That’s why we’re still there.”
