Although Kabul airport was out of service for a few days, air traffic resumed with the landing of a flight from Pakistan.
Since the return of the Taliban to the leadership of Afghanistan and the departure of the Americans, the country’s main airport, located in Kabul, was a desert area. With the landing of the flight of the Pakistani company PIA, Monday, September 13, 2021, international traffic resumes despite fewer seats occupied than the number of empty seats on the aircraft. A few hours after landing on Afghan soil, the plane flew again to Islamabad (Pakistan).
“everything is working fine“said Jawas Zafar, the director of operations of the airline PIA. And to continue:”Although we had some difficulty getting permissions or other things, everything was very well coordinated.“