Two domestic flights flew from the capital’s airport to the cities of Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar, bin Mubarak Al-Khayarin Al-Hajar confirmed.
A team of Qatari technicians is making repairs at the airport, which could begin receiving flights in the coming days, the statement added.
The goal of the Gulf state is to help establish a political agreement for lasting peace in Afghanistan that guarantees security, stability and development in the country, a Qatar source who knew CNN said on Friday. the situation.
There are three parties involved in talks to resume operations at Kabul airport, the source said.
Qatar is also working closely with the international community, in particular those embassies moved to Doha from Kabul, including the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Japan, to provide safe corridors and freedom of movement for those in the Afghanistan and continue cooperation in the fight against terrorism to prevent future instabilities in the region, the source added.
The Panjshir Valley, a mountainous and inaccessible region north of Kabul, has a long history of resistance to the insurgent group. In the late 1990s, it was a center of resistance against the Taliban during his rule.
A Taliban spokesman told CNN on Saturday that his forces had made “considerable progress” and had taken four districts in the mountainous province. The Taliban have attacked Panjshir from various directions and appear to be heading for the provincial capital, Bazarak.
An international NGO working in the area, Emergency International, said in a Twitter post that Taliban fighters had arrived in the village of Anabah, located a few kilometers from Bazarak, on Friday night.
“During the night of Friday, September 3, Taliban forces advanced into the Panjshir Valley, reaching the village of Anabah, where the Surgical Center and EMERGENCY Maternity Center are located. So far there has been no interference in EMERGENCY activities. We received a small number of injuries at the Anabah surgical center, “the tweet read.
On Friday, in a video message, former Afghan President Amrullah Saleh said there had been casualties on both sides. Saleh fled to Panjshir when the previous government fell in August.
“There is no doubt that we are in a difficult situation. We are under invasion by the Taliban,” he said, before adding, “We will not surrender, we will defend Afghanistan.”
Earlier on Friday, the National Resistance Front claimed that it had fought enemy attacks and surrounded the Taliban militia at Khawak Pass northeast of Panjshir.
In Kabul, the leader of the Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan party, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, issued a warning on Friday to the largely Tajik population of Panjshir.
Hekmatyar, a former prime minister and veteran power runner in Afghanistan, said people should not sacrifice for the benefit of others. Some people in Panjshir resisted the Taliban for personal gain and, in the event of defeat, could go to other countries, he continued.
“Our Panjshiri brothers will be aware that the worst consequences of this war are on you more than anyone. You will be harmed,” Hekmatyar told his followers in Kabul on Friday, according to Afghan media.
CNN’s Alex Marquart and Mick Krever contributed to this report.