Doha:
Around one hundred passengers such as Americans arrived in Doha right after flying from Kabul airport Thursday, AFP correspondents mentioned, the initial flight ferrying out foreigners considering the fact that a US-led evacuation ended.
Doha, a important transit point for Afghan refugees, has mentioned it worked with Turkey to swiftly resume operations at Kabul’s airport to let the flow of men and women and help.
AFP correspondents mentioned they saw passengers disembark at Qatar’s Hamad International Airport, marking the initial effective flight of its kind considering the fact that the chaotic airlift of more than 120,000 men and women concluded last month.
The Qatar Airways Boeing 777 had “around 113” passengers such as Americans, Canadians, Germans and Ukrainians, with all passengers due to be received at a compound for Afghan refugees in Doha, a supply with know-how of the operation told AFP.
Sources had earlier mentioned that as several as 200 men and women have been aboard.
A turbaned man with a suitcase was followed by 3 veiled, masked females off the plane and onto the tarmac at Qatar’s civilian airport, though other arrivals struggled with luggage.
The passengers who integrated various children, some of whom filmed their arrival, have been directed to an airport bus to start the next leg of their journey to a Qatari holding facility prior to returning to their home nations.
Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani praised the Taliban for permitting the flight.
“We managed to fly the first plane with passengers… we thank (the Taliban) for their cooperation,” Sheikh Mohammed mentioned in televised remarks.
“This is actually what we are expecting from the Taliban, to see these positive statements translated into action,” mentioned Sheikh Mohammed.
“I think this is a positive message, that we are supporting.”
In the days that followed the Taliban’s blitz, Kabul airport became a tragic symbol of desperation amongst Afghans terrified of the militants’ return to energy.
Thousands of men and women crowded about its gates each day, and some even clinged to jets as they took off.
More than one hundred men and women have been killed, such as 13 US troops, in a suicide attack on August 26 close to the airport that was claimed by the Islamic State group’s regional chapter.
Qatar’s particular envoy to Afghanistan, Mutlaq al-Qahtani, referred to as it a “historic day” for the airport.
“We are grateful to our Qatari friends for facilitating a flight carrying 13 British nationals from Kabul to safety in Doha today,” British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab mentioned in a statement.
“Qatar has acted as the central intermediary between the Taliban and the international community in recent years.”
Numerous nations, such as Britain and the US, have relocated their embassies from Kabul to Doha in the aftermath of the takeover.
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