Working with Taliban to reopen Kabul airport: Qatar foreign minister

The airport has been at the centre of a massive evacuation drive recently with countries like the US, UK, France, Germany and India airlifting many of their citizens as well as Afghans out of the country.

New Delhi: Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on Thursday (September 2) said that the country is working with the Taliban to reopen operations at the Kabul airport. The statement came at a joint press conference Sheikh Mohammed held along with UK’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in Doha. The airport has been at the centre of a massive evacuation drive recently with countries like the US, UK, France, Germany and India airlifting many of their citizens as well as Afghans out of the country. The airport is presently under the Taliban’s control.