Qatar and Turkey have reached an agreement on the management of Kabul International Airport with representatives of the interim government created by the radical Taliban (banned in Russia) that has seized power in Afghanistan, the Afghan Pajhwok news agency reported on Friday, citing the Qatari Foreign Ministry.
According to the agency, it is "about the management and use of some parts of the Kabul airport, as well as a certain number of other key issues." Other details of the agreement were not given.
Earlier, the Turkish Foreign Ministry confirmed to TASS that Ankara and Doha had agreed to jointly protect the territory of Kabul airport, but continue negotiations on a number of related issues. It was reported that financial and legal issues remained uncoordinated.
The runway and terminals of the airport of the Afghan capital were badly damaged because of the chaos in the air harbor during the evacuation of mainly citizens of Western countries and Afghans who cooperated with them after the Taliban seized power in the country in 2021, and also because of the terrorist attack near it on August 26. Since late August, technicians from Qatar and Turkey have been helping to get the airport up and running.
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Based on materials from TASS