US, UK and Australia urge citizens and visa holders to stay away from airport unless otherwise instructed amid rush to evacuate

The United States has warned crowds trying to access Kabul airport to leave the area, as Britain and Australia cited the “high threat” of a terrorist attack.

All three countries asked that people no longer attempt to travel to the airport, a distressing call as people with practically no other means of escape from Afghanistan attempt to save their lives and those of loved ones.

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