The first international trade flight since the Taliban took Afghanistan landed in Kabul on Monday.
The flight departed from Islamabad, Pakistan, and landed at Hamid Karzai International Airport, which reopened after the United States and coalition forces used it to evacuate more than 120,000 people. ‘Afghanistan who were at risk under the Taliban regime.
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“There was hardly anyone on the plane, about ten people … maybe more staff than passengers,” an Agence France-Presse journalist said on board the flight. About 100 passengers were waiting to catch return flights to Islamabad, airport ground staff told AFP.
“It was a special commercial flight,” airline spokesman Abdullah H. Khan told Reuters. “We also accommodated other people who wanted to leave Afghanistan because we had space on the plane.”
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Some outbound flights to Qatar have led to evacuees unable to leave before the United States and its coalition allies withdrew troops from Afghanistan in late August.
The operation of the airports will provide a test for the Taliban when they resume their reign in Afghanistan. U.S. and NATO allies have said the Taliban must meet various humanitarian and social criteria to gain international support.
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Original author: Mike Brest
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