From Kabul Airport on Thursday by plane away from Afghan about 200 people have gone, including ASV citizens.
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The Qatar Airways plane went to Doha, the capital of Qatar.
It was the first flight with foreign passengers since August 30, when the United States completed its evacuation operation.
One of the passengers, who has dual Afghan and US citizenship, told the AFP news agency that he had been called from the US State Department this morning and ordered to go to the airport. He boarded the plane with his family.
Following the withdrawal of the US and other foreign military contingents from Afghanistan, the Taliban launched a general offensive operation in August and briefly seized almost the entire territory of the country, but on August 15 the capital was also in their hands. Kabul.
The only province in Afghanistan that had not come under Taliban control until recently was Punjab, but the Taliban leadership announced Monday that the Islamist movement had also taken over the province.
Kabul airport at that time became a tragic symbol of Afghan despair of the Taliban returning to power. Thousands of people gathered at the airport gates, hoping to flee Afghanistan, and several even try to catch planes flying away.
More than 100 people, including 13 U.S. soldiers, died in a suicide attack at the airport on August 26.
After the US completed the evacuation of its soldiers, US citizens and others from Afghanistan at Kabul Airport, the airport temporarily closed. However, with the support of Qatari and Turkish experts, the airport was reopened.
Qatar has become a kind of mediator between the Taliban and the international community in recent years, and several countries, including the United States, have moved their embassies from Kabul to Doha since the Taliban came to power.
It is not yet clear whether any country other than Qatar has taken part in organizing today’s flight.
Qatar’s special envoy to Afghanistan said the flight marked a major step towards opening the airport to international flights, but added that it could be a gradual process.
AFP journalists noted an increased Taliban presence in the Kabul area. Armed militants stand guard on street corners and patrol checkpoints.
The United States has promised to continue working to evacuate US citizens from Afghanistan.
White House spokeswoman Jena Psaki said today that about 100 more US citizens remain in Afghanistan.
The Taliban have said they will not be allowed to leave Afghanistan for anyone who wants to, but have called on professionals such as doctors and engineers to stay.
Although the Taliban have promised a more moderate regime than during the first reign of 1996-2001, it is clear that no opposition will be tolerated.
The Taliban announced the composition of the caretaker government this week. All appointed members of the government belong to the Taliban and most belong to the Pashtun tribe. No women are represented in the government and the Ministry of Virtue Promotion and Prevention of Virtue, which detained and punished people for non-compliance with Sharia law during the first Taliban regime, was re-established.
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