ANKARA (Sputnik) - Turkey is working with the United States and Qatar to resume flights from the Kabul airport, airlines will not start performing flights until security is guaranteed, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on 7 September.
"We are working with the US and Qatar on the Kabul airport issue. Flights should resume in accordance with international safety rules and standards. Safety is the main criterion. Who will provide it? The Taliban [banned as s terrorist organisation in Russia] believe it is possible but no airline will dare to start flights until it is safe there, we keep emphasising it," Cavusoglu said on air of Turkey's NTV broadcaster.
While planes can actually take off from the Kabul airport and land there, it takes time for airlines to start working, as it is necessary to restore the damaged equipment, the Turkish minister added.
"Some management company should work in the airport, or some countries should cooperate to put things in order there. Nineteen technical experts remain there, Qatari experts also arrived and keep working in the airport," Cavusoglu concluded.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Members of the Taliban movement (banned as a terrorist organisation in Russia) have started shooting to disperse crowds of anti-Pakistan protesters in the Afghan capital Kabul, Agence France-Presse has reported.
Protesters across the world blame Pakistan for its role in the Afghan crisis and support for the Taliban. A new wave of rallies swept Afghanistan after a recent visit by the Pakistani intelligence chief, Faiz Hameed.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - An unfavourable situation is unfolding on Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan due to the seizure of power by the Taliban*, Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Joint Staff Chief Maj. Gen. Anatoly Sidorov said on Tuesday, also pointing to terrorist and extremist threats in Central Asia.
"The military and political situation in the CSTO area of responsibility remains complex ... The most unfavourable situation persists in the Central Asian region, it is developing against the backdrop of the Taliban's seizure of power in Afghanistan, which borders the Republic of Tajikistan. The level of activities associated with international terrorism and religious extremism remains high", Sidorov said at the opening ceremony of the CSTO Rubezh-2021 military drills in Kyrgyzstan.
