Final US evacuation flight leaves Kabul, ending
20-year occupation
After the plane departed, Taliban fighters fired their
guns in the air in celebration.
“At 12
o’clock tonight, the last American troops left Kabul airport, on which account
Afghanistan was completely liberated and independent” Zabihullah Mujahid, the
Taliban spokesman, declared.
11m ago
22:45
Kabul
airport is without air traffic control services now that the U.S. military has
withdrawn from Afghanistan and U.S. civil aircraft are barred from operating
over the country unless given prior authorisation, the U.S. Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) said.
The FAA
said in a statement that “due to both the lack of air traffic services and a
functional civil aviation authority in Afghanistan, as well as ongoing security
concerns, U.S. civil operators, pilots, and U.S.-registered civil aircraft are
prohibited from operating at any altitude over much of Afghanistan.” It added
U.S. civil operators “may continue to use one high-altitude jet route near the
far eastern border for overflights. Any U.S. civil aircraft operator that wants
to fly into/out of or over Afghanistan must receive prior authorisation from
the FAA.”
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