Domestic flights resume at Kabul airport
By Mychael Schnell - 09/05/21 08:18 AM EDT
Domestic flights resumed on Saturday at the Kabul airport, which had closed following the massive U.S. evacuation effort.
Ariana Afghan Airlines announced on Facebook that it was resuming domestic flights between Kabul and Herat in the west, Mazar-i Sharif in the north and Kandahar in the south.
“Ariana Afghan Airlines is proud to resume its domestic flights,” the company wrote, according to Reuters.
Qatar’s ambassador to Afghanistan said a technical team was able to reopen to the Hamid Karzai International Airport so it could receive aid and be prepared for civilian flights, Al Jazeera reported on Saturday.
The ambassador said the airport’s runway was repaired in collaboration with authorities in Afghanistan.
The airport is operating without radar or navigation systems, The Washington Post noted, which is making international civilian flights more difficult to resume. International flights are a crucial part of helping refugees leave the country.
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