First international flight leaves Kabul since US withdrawal
Al Jazeera
Qatar Airways flies passengers on first commercial international plane out of Kabul airport since US withdrawal.
The first international commercial plane has departed Kabul airport since Western countries finished evacuations from Afghanistan 10 days ago, with a top Qatari official saying the the airport is “fully up and running”. The airport is “about 90 per cent ready for operations but its re-opening is planned gradually, Mutlaq al-Qahtani, Qatar’s special envoy to Afghanistan, said on Thursday speaking from the tarmac. “This is a historic day in the history of Afghanistan as Kabul Airport is fully operational. We have been faced by huge challenges… but we can now say that the airport is fit for navigation,” he said.More Related News