UAE and Qatar help repair damaged equipment at Kabul airport

The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation said Monday that equipment at Kabul International Airport, destroyed last year by withdrawing foreign troops, has been repaired.

According to Hamidullah Akhundzadeh, the minister of transport, about 70% of equipment was destroyed but with the help of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, equipment has been repaired.

In addition to this, 3,243 flights have taken place from Afghanistan’s airport and about 6 billion afghanis has been collected in the past year.

According to the ministry, in this time, 15,564 flights have crossed Afghanistan’s airspace, generating more than 980 million afghanis.

Following the destruction of air traffic control equipment at Afghanistan’s main airport, limited international flights have been possible – the majority of which has been aid flights.