KABUL, Sept 4 (NNN-ANA) – A United Arab Emirates (UAE) plane, loaded with food supplies, landed in Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan yesterday, reported a local TV channel.
This was the first cargo flight into the airport since Tuesday, when the U.S. forces finished pullout from Afghanistan and evacuated the airport, Tolo News TV reported.
“A huge United Arab Emirates plane carrying 60 tonnes of food landed in Kabul airport today,” the report quoted Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, as saying.
Mujahid said that “the arrival of food assistance, provided by the UAE, was good news for Afghans. We are thankful to the brother nation of the UAE for the support to Afghans.”
The report came, as the airport has remained close to international and domestic flights, since the Taliban takeover on Aug 15.
Taliban forces took control of the airport on Aug 31, after the U.S.-led evacuation flights ended.
Technical teams and experts from Turkey, the UAE and Qatar already arrived and were working to help the Afghan side to make the airport operational, and international and domestic flights will resume soon, Mujahid said.
Earlier yesterday, an expected domestic flight was suspended with an unclear reason.– NNN-ANA
