Qatar Working With Taliban To Reopen Kabul Airport "As Soon As Possible"

"We remain hopeful that we will be able to operate it as soon as possible," Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said.

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 US troop withdrawal on Tuesday, is out of operation with much of its infrastructure destroyed or degraded. "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. "Hopefully in the next few days we will hear some good news," said Sheikh Mohammed.