First foreign commercial flight since Taliban takeover leaves Kabul

  by Mohamad Ali Harissi Agence France Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — An international commercial flight left Kabul on Monday, the first since the Taliban retook power last month, offering some hope to Afghans still desperate to leave the country. The Afghan capital’s airport was left trashed after US-led forces finished a chaotic evacuation of more than 120,000 people, and the Taliban have since scrambled to get it operational with technical assistance from Qatar and […]