KABUL — The Taliban announced on Sunday that all technical issues at theKabul airport have been fixed and that international flights could resumenow.
In a statement issued here, the interim government in Afghanistan assuredall airlines of full cooperation and said it expected all carriers andcountries that had previously flown to Kabul to resume their flights.
Spokesman for Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry Abdul Qahar Balkhi said thatrecent political changes in the country caused a series of technical issueswithin the aviation sector, resulting in suspension of internationalflights to Afghanistan.
“As problems at Kabul International Airport have been solved and theairport is fully operational for domestic and international flights, theIEA (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) assures all airlines of its fullcooperation and expects all airlines and countries that had previouslyflown to Kabul to resume their flights as before,” he stated.
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Flights were suspended at Afghanistan’s main international airport in Kabullast month after the Taliban took over power and US troops destroyedequipment and a radar system at the facility before leaving the country.
