Another two men also said they were bound for Canada.
“We are going to Canada, we are Canadians,” one man told an Al Jazeera Arabic reporter at the airport in English. Several passengers waiting to check into the flight earlier said their final destination was Canada. The terminal at the airport in Kabul is “ready” for flights, the aviation source told CNN.Įarlier in the day, Qatari and Taliban officials toured the Kabul airport tarmac, where the Qatar Airways Boeing 777 stood. The source said that the handling company at the airport will be the same one that was used prior to the shutdown of the airport after the fall of Kabul in mid-August. Both major Afghan carriers Kam Air and Ariana Afghan Airlines plan to restart different routes, according to the source. This is a positive first step,” said US National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne.Īfghanistan’s Civil Aviation Authority is preparing for more flights to start operating from Kabul, according to an aviation source who spoke to CNN.
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“The Taliban have been cooperative in facilitating the departure of American citizens and lawful permanent residents on charter flights … They have shown flexibility, and they have been businesslike and professional in our dealings with them in this effort. The cooperation was also praised by the US. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Than, Qatar’s deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, thanked the Taliban for their “cooperation” in restarting flights, adding that this was a signal that the militant group’s “positive statements” can be “demonstrated into action.” After landing in Doha, the passengers will head to a compound facility currently hosting Afghans and other evacuees. Live pictures showed people disembarking the Qatar Airways Boeing 777 on Thursday evening Doha time. Qatar worked with parties on the ground to transport the passengers in a Qatari convoy and secure a safe passage to Kabul’s airport. Civilians have been left scrambling to find safe passage from the country since the Taliban takeover in mid-August threw a US-led evacuation effort into confusion. The plane’s departure is the first signal that at least some foreign nationals who want to leave Afghanistan will be able to, following weeks of uncertainty.
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