Kabul: International commercial flights were touched in the Afghan capital on Monday, the first since the Taliban retook power last month.
Kabul airport was left discarded after foreign forces completed a chaotic withdrawal on August 30, evacuating more than 120,000 people from the country.
Taliban since it scrambles to operate it again with technical assistance from Qatar and other countries.
“Almost no one on the plane, around 10 people …
maybe more staff than passengers,” said a AFP journalist on Pakistan International Airways (PIA) flights from Islamabad.
Resuming commercial flights will be a key test for hardline Islamic groups, which have repeatedly promised to enable Afghanistan with the right documents to leave the country freely.
Many Natio Nations admitted that they were running out of time to evacuate thousands of Afghanistans at risk before the time limit of withdrawal – agreed between the United States and the Taliban.
A PIA spokesman said on weekends that this airline wants to continue regular commercial services, but it is too early to say how often flights between the two capitals will operate.
Qatar Airways operates several charter flights from Kabul last week, mostly bringing foreigners and Afghans who missed evacuation.
Afghan airlines continued domestic service on 3.
September.
“This is a big moment.
We are very excited,” said an airport employee, wearing a blue and white and orange visibility vest.
“It’s a hopeful day.
Maybe other airlines will see this and decide to return.” A bus that was painted by “Welcome to Afghanistan” was waiting to transport passengers from the plane to the terminal, but in the end the new arrival was running.
About 100 passengers are waiting to catch flights back to Islamabad – most relatives of staff with international organizations such as the World Bank, according to Ground Airport staff.
The passenger hall, airbridge, and technical infrastructure were badly damaged in the days after the Taliban rolled to Kabul on August 15, when thousands of people stormed the airport in hopes.
Tens of thousands of Afghans feared the freedom to help foreign power during the 20-year-old LED occupation, but the Taliban insisted that they had given public amnesty to everyone – including the security forces they struggled.
The Taliban has promised the form of a lighter government this time, but has moved quickly to destroy differences of opinion, including shooting in the air to disperse protests recently by women who call for the right to education and work.