![]() Turkey has not made a final decision on a Taliban request for support to run the airport after foreign forces withdraw, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, adding talks were still underway. military forces, who have guarded Kabul airport, are due to withdraw on Aug. Security arrangements were still being determined. Pakistan International Airlines will provide air transport for the operation, while WHO will arrange logistics on the ground, WHO spokesperson Inas Hamam said. Because they can work with contacts on the ground so that all the necessary steps to land an aircraft, to land a cargo aircraft, can be put in place," Brennan said. "One of the problems we have in Afghanistan right now is there is no civil aviation authority functioning, but we are working with Pakistan particularly in the context of Mazar-i-Sharif airport. "Right now because of security concerns and several other operational considerations, Kabul airport is not going to be an option for the next week at least," he said. More than 200 people wounded in the bombings have been taken to hospitals in the Afghan capital, including a facility run by Italian NGO EMERGENCY whose trauma supplies are dwindling, said Brennan, speaking from Cairo. service members, outside the gates of Kabul airport on Thursday evening. Register now for FREE unlimited access to RegisterĪn Islamic State attack killed 92 people, including 13 U.S.
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