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Efforts underway to resume int'l flights in Kabul airport
Airport director Abdul Hadi Hamadani told Xinhua news agency on Monday that domestic and cargo flights carrying aid items are operating and authorities are working to solve a number of technical problems for the resumption of all commercial international flights. He made the remarks after local media reported earlier in the day that the airport has launched international flights.
China to provide unconditional aid to Afghanistan
The Chinese ambassador met the acting minister of refugees and repatriates, Khaliluranman Haqqani, and said that Chinese assistance will arrive by winter this year, Khaama News reported. As per the statement of the ministry, China will provide the people of Afghanistan with $15 million in humanitarian aid and one million doses of Covid vaccine. Earlier, Yu along with the Pakistani ambassador to Kabul, Mansoor Ahmad Khan, was the first foreign envoy who met the acting foreign minister of Afghanistan after the Taliban declared their interim cabinet.
ISIS-K claims Kabul bomber was arrested in Delhi five years back
"ISIS-K in 20th edition of its propaganda magazine 'Voice of Hind' claimed IS-K suicide bomber Abdur Rahman Logari who carried out Aug 26 Kabul Airport bombing; travelled to India to carry out attack in revenge for Kashmir; arrested in Dehli (sic) 5-years ago & deported to Afghanistan," Salim Mehsud said in a tweet.
10 civilians killed in Aug Kabul drone strike: US general
"Having thoroughly reviewed the findings of the investigation and the supporting analysis by interagency partners, I am now convinced that as many as 10 civilians, including up to seven children, were tragically killed in that strike," McKenzie told reporters during a Pentagon press briefing.
Special UN envoy meets Taliban officials in Kabul
In a statement on Thursday, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said that Lyons met Mullah Abdul Haq Wasiq, the acting intelligence chief of the Taliban government, during which they also discussed about the safety of UN personnel and the threat posed by the Islamic State (IS) terror group, Xinhua news agency.
Kabul airport to be ready for int'l flights soon: Official
"Domestic flight operations have already started and the international flights would begin soon and efforts are underway to remove the remaining 10 to 15 per cent technical problems at the airport," Xinhua news agency quoted Hamadani as saying in a video clip on Monday.
Pakistan to resume commercial flights to Kabul from Monday
The PIA official said that a permission to land at the Kabul airport has been granted by Afghanistan's Civil Aviation Authority. Meanwhile, PIA's Spokesman Abdullah Hafeez Khan said that Pakistan has got all the technical clearance for flight operations, and an Airbus A320 jet is scheduled to take passengers from Islamabad to Kabul.
Massoud's prophetic words: For peace to prevail in Afghanistan, Pak must be humbled
Back in 1997 and the height of the war between the Taliban and Ahmed Shah Massoud's Northern Alliance. I and my team were on our second visit to the war-torn country with a specific assignment- to interview the chief of the Northern Alliance Ahmad Shah Massoud who has declared that he was still the acting Defence minister of the country after Taliban's illegal capture of Kabul in 1996.
Kabul airport to be ready for int'l flights in 3 days: Report
According to the Khaama News report, the technical teams from Qatar and Turkey are working alongside Afghan engineers at the airport. "The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan asked Qatar and Turkey to send their experts and help them in repairing the airport which was made ready for domestic flights in three days but international flights are yet to take off and land from the airport.
Afghan resistance urges int'l community not to recognise 'caretaker' govt
The interim cabinet announced on Tuesday has drawn criticism from the US, as it consists entirely of Taliban leaders or their associates and does not include any woman member. The US expressed concern at figures linked to attacks on US forces, reported the BBC. The interim cabinet is led by Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, who is on a UN blacklist.
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