has been met but celebration by some in kabul. 0ur chief international correspondent lise doucet is there. i mean, listen. listen, look at the tracer fire in the air, the guns are going off. you can see these dreams of red lights, you can see behind me the tracer fire going up in the night sky. all day we had heard the american warplanes circling above the city, flying low as we thought the last american flights were taking off providing extra cover in these last decisive hours. it s now the 31st of august in afghanistan. the day that presidentjoe biden said the american military mission, the 20 year engagement by us led nato forces would formally end. and this is what you are hearing now. the eruption of celebratory gunfire by taliban supporters
awful thing that has happened in kabul. the drone strike on the vehicle, obviously everybody very much aware how perilous it has been for the troops on the base and may that was a cow billie car bomb that was heading to the airport, but of course isn t people going to the airport and ten people dying from the same family. airport and ten people dying from the same family. you have to ask, what was the the same family. you have to ask, what was the intelligence? - the same family. you have to ask, what was the intelligence? is - the same family. you have to ask, what was the intelligence? is that | what was the intelligence? is that during approach. i am hearing what was the intelligence? is that during approach. iam hearing more and more gunfire now, is it celebratory gunfire as the last planes take off from kabul airport? what do the americans see? bay obviously saw this vehicle, which they said was carrying multiple suicide bombers. a vehicle they say was packed with explosives. i
20 year engagement by us led nato forces, would formally and, and this is what you are hearing now. the irruption of celebratory gunfire by taliban supporters in the city of kabul. a very decisive chapter. let me just interrupt you now that reuters has reported the last us troops have withdrawn from afghanistan. i troops have withdrawn from afghanistan. troops have withdrawn from afghanistan. troops have withdrawn from aft hanistan. ., ,, afghanistan. i don t think we need to look at the afghanistan. i don t think we need to look at the newswire. afghanistan. i don t think we need to look at the newswire. just - afghanistan. i don t think we need | to look at the newswire. just listen to look at the newswire. just listen to what is happening in the skies above us in kabul. if that is not confirmation, i don t know what he is. just listen to the crackle of gunfire. is. just listen to the crackle of aunfire. , ., , a, is. just listen to the crackle of aunfire. , ., , ., is. jus
our viewers this does not mean that the taliban is attacking the airport. we have not been able to confirm that information. it certainly could be related to something else. during these unfolding events, many things can happen. there were reports earlier of people looting across the city in parts of kabul and there were also reports of celebratory gunfire by taliban fighters when they entered the city. we don t know much about what exactly happened, certainly the americans want to take every precaution possible because they not only have embassy staff and personnel at the airport but they also have many of these u.s. allies a that we talked about earlier where they have promised to try their best to evacuate from the country as the taliban continues to work their way through kabul. but again, the information that we have right now, the u.s. embassy in kabul has issued a shelter in place for americans who are currently in the city. there are reports of the airport taking fire. certainl