The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation said that 20 foreign flights are using the country’s airfields daily…reports Asian Lite News
The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan on Monday said that all the airports in the war-torn nation were currently operational.
The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation said that 20 foreign flights are using the country’s airfields daily, reports Xinhua news agency.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony of the Transportation and Aviation Institute, the acting Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Hamidullah Akhundzada stressed the need for Afghanistan to be self-sufficient, the ministry said on Twitter.
“Thirty students were sent to Uzbekistan to get educated in the development of the aviation industry,” the Ministry said.
International and domestic flights were halted in Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August 2021.
Service have gradually resumed after engagement between the Taliban government and some regional countries.
Return of refugees
A total of 2,106 Afghan refugees returned to their homeland from neighbouring Iran on Saturday, Afghanistan’s Ministry for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs said in a statement on Sunday.
“A total of 2,106 Afghan refugees returned to their homeland Afghanistan on Saturday after years of living as refugees in Iran, and the process of returning the refugees to their country continues”, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement.
Previously on May 31, the ministry also reported the return of nearly 2,800 Afghan refugees from Iran.
Nearly 60,000 Afghan refugees have reportedly returned home from Iran since January.
More than 2.5 million registered Afghan refugees reportedly have been living in Iran and about the same number of Afghan refugees are living in Pakistan.
The Afghan caretaker government has been calling upon Afghan refugees living abroad to return home and contribute to the reconstruction process of their war-ravaged country.
Arms, ammunition seized
Afghan security forces have seized a significant quantity of arms and ammunition during search operations in the eastern Kapisa province, said a news release of the National Defense Ministry on Sunday.
Acting on a tip-off, the personnel of the national army launched operations in the Nijrab district on Friday and discovered arms and ammunition, including an 82 mm caliber anti-tank gun, two stocks of AK-47, 14 pieces of hand grenades and four pieces of anti-personnel mines, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the statement.
In a similar operation, the security forces apprehended three criminals in the northern Balkh province and discovered arms and ammunition.
The Afghan caretaker government has vowed to collect arms and ammunition from anyone living outside security organs.
According to officials, the security forces have rounded up thousands of arms and ammunition, including tanks, missiles and armored vehicles since the Taliban came to power in August 2021.
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