Qatar, Taliban working on reopening Kabul airport
The Hindu
Doha despatches technical team to help in resuming flights for humanitarian aid, people’s movement
Qatar is working with the Taliban to reopen Kabul’s airport as soon as possible, its Foreign Minister said on Thursday, urging the hardline Islamists to allow Afghans to leave. The airport, the scene of a frenzied evacuation which ended with the U.S. troop withdrawal on Tuesday, is out of operation with much of its infrastructure degraded or destroyed. “We are working very hard [and] we remain hopeful that we will be able to operate it as soon as possible,” said Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.
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