Pakistan Airline suspends flights to Kabul after Taliban threat

Kabul operations of Pakistan International Airline will remain suspended until further notice.

Pakistan's national flag carrier on Thursday suspended flight operations to Afghanistan due to what it called "security concerns", hours after the Taliban government threatened to ban the airline unless it reduced the fare on the Kabul-Islamabad route to previous levels.

A spokesperson for the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) confirmed the development, saying Kabul operations of the airline will remain suspended until further notice, Dawn newspaper reported.

There are currently two airline carriers--PIA and Afghanistan's privately-owned Kam Air--which operate chartered flights to Kabul with high fares.