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First commercial flight with civilians leaves Kabul since evacuation

A Qatar Airways flight takes off as international flight operations resumed at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.

A Qatar Airways flight takes off as international flight operations resumed at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Source: AAP

The flight to Doha carried dozens of foreign nationals and Americans, after the Taliban agreed to their departure.


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By Marcus Megalokonomos

Source: SBS


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The flight to Doha carried dozens of foreign nationals and Americans, after the Taliban agreed to their departure.



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