On August 17, militants of the radical Taliban movement started shooting at Kabul International Airport and suspended all flights.
Arab TV channels report this.
Armed Taliban troops entered the Kabul airport and dispersed the people gathered there by firing automatic weapons into the air.
All flights from the airport in the Afghan capital are temporarily suspended.
Airport security says Kabul airport will reopen to civilians on Saturday, August 21.
Kabul airport will reopen to civilians next Saturday, the airport’s press service said.
Earlier, all commercial flights from Kabul airport were canceled, and transit ships were advised to fly over Afghan airspace.
Chaos at Kabul airport
Let us recall that after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, a mass exodus of officials of the former government and military began.
Trying to flee the country, people broke into Kabul airport and chaos ensued. Afghans stormed planes carrying foreign diplomats. Several people were killed when they fell from the landing gear of a taking off plane.
According to the latest information, up to 10 people were killed as a result of the riots at Kabul airport.
