US citizens on first Qatar Airways flight from Kabul since pullout

Qatar’s special envoy to Afghanistan said the Hamid Karzai International Airport is “fully up and running” and that another passenger flight will depart on Friday.
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A Qatar Airways aircraft is reflected on the windowpanes of a shuttle bus carrying passengers to board the flight at the airport in Kabul on Sept. 9, 2021. - WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images
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Qatar Airways flew Americans and other foreigners on the first commercial flight out of Kabul’s international airport since US forces withdrew at the end of August. 

Mutlaq al-Qahtani, Qatar’s special envoy to Afghanistan, said Thursday the Hamid Karzai International Airport is “fully up and running” and that another flight is set to take off on Friday. 

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