Runway restoration works carried out at Kabul airport
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There have already been two domestic flights from Kabul – to the cities of Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar.
The technical team was able to open the Kabul airport to receive humanitarian aid. It will soon be ready to receive civil flights. The Ambassador of Qatar to Afghanistan said this, reports Al Jazeera Saturday, September 4th.
According to the diplomat, the runway was repaired “in cooperation with the Afghan authorities.”
It is noted that two domestic flights have already been carried out from Kabul – to the cities of Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar.
Meanwhile, the UN is convening an international conference in Geneva on September 13 to prevent what the organization’s secretary general, Antonio Guterres, called “an impending humanitarian catastrophe.”
“We need the international community to stand together and support the Afghan people,” Guterres said.
According to him, the goal of the conference is to rapidly increase funding for humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
“We also call for full and unimpeded humanitarian access to ensure Afghans continue to receive the services they need,” the secretary general added.
Earlier, the media learned the date of the resumption of flights in Afghanistan… Preliminary estimates indicate that $ 300 million will be needed to carry out maintenance and repair work at the Kabul airport.
It was also reported that UN resumes flights to Afghanistan… 160 humanitarian organizations will be able to continue their activities in the provinces of the country.
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