KABUL, Sept 14 (NNN-ANA) – The Kabul International Airport will soon be ready for international flights, as efforts are underway to remove technical problems, airport director, Abdul Hadi Hamadani, said yesterday.
“The domestic flights have already begun and the international flights would begin soon, as efforts are underway to remove the remaining 10 to 15 percent technical problems at the airport,” Hamadani said, in a video clip, as quoted by local media.
He made the remarks, after the landing of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane, at the Kabul airport and its taking off yesterday.
The Kabul airport was damaged, with its many facilities destroyed, during the withdrawal of the last U.S.-led forces and American nationals on Aug 31, according to him.
Hamadani also confirmed that the airport has received planes carrying humanitarian assistances from Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Pakistan, adding that, similar flights from Russia and Turkey are expected to arrive in the coming days.– NNN-ANA
