<p>A Qatari aircraft landed in Kabul Wednesday carrying a technical team to discuss the resumption of airport operations after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.</p>.<p>"A Qatari jet carrying a technical team has landed in Kabul earlier today to discuss the resumption of operations in the airport," the source told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>"While no final agreement has been reached regarding providing technical assistance, Qatar's technical team has initiated this discussion based on the other sides' request.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/in-afghanistans-panjshir-anti-taliban-forces-fight-on-1025824.html" target="_blank">In Afghanistan's Panjshir, anti-Taliban forces fight on </a></strong></p>.<p>"Talks are still ongoing at the level of security and operation."</p>.<p>The source said that the goal was to resume flights for both humanitarian aid and to provide freedom of movement, including the resumption of evacuation efforts.</p>.<p>More than 123,000 foreign nationals and Afghans fled the country in a frenzied airlift operation that wound up on Tuesday, but many more are desperate to depart.</p>.<p>US officials have said Kabul airport is in a bad condition, with much of its basic infrastructure degraded or destroyed.</p>.<p>Taliban fighters celebrated with gunfire on Tuesday after the last US forces abandoned Kabul following a two-decade war.</p>.<p>Qatar hosted negotiations between the Taliban and the United States in recent years and was a transit point for about 43,000 evacuees from Afghanistan.</p>.<p>The US invaded Afghanistan and toppled its Taliban government in 2001 in the wake of the 9/11 attacks by Al-Qaeda, which had sought sanctuary in the country.</p>.<p>Western capitals fear Afghanistan could again become a haven for extremists bent on attacks.</p>.<p>Gulf countries, including Qatar, have been instrumental staging posts for evacuation flights for Western countries' citizens as well as Afghan interpreters, journalists and others.</p>
<p>A Qatari aircraft landed in Kabul Wednesday carrying a technical team to discuss the resumption of airport operations after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.</p>.<p>"A Qatari jet carrying a technical team has landed in Kabul earlier today to discuss the resumption of operations in the airport," the source told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>"While no final agreement has been reached regarding providing technical assistance, Qatar's technical team has initiated this discussion based on the other sides' request.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/in-afghanistans-panjshir-anti-taliban-forces-fight-on-1025824.html" target="_blank">In Afghanistan's Panjshir, anti-Taliban forces fight on </a></strong></p>.<p>"Talks are still ongoing at the level of security and operation."</p>.<p>The source said that the goal was to resume flights for both humanitarian aid and to provide freedom of movement, including the resumption of evacuation efforts.</p>.<p>More than 123,000 foreign nationals and Afghans fled the country in a frenzied airlift operation that wound up on Tuesday, but many more are desperate to depart.</p>.<p>US officials have said Kabul airport is in a bad condition, with much of its basic infrastructure degraded or destroyed.</p>.<p>Taliban fighters celebrated with gunfire on Tuesday after the last US forces abandoned Kabul following a two-decade war.</p>.<p>Qatar hosted negotiations between the Taliban and the United States in recent years and was a transit point for about 43,000 evacuees from Afghanistan.</p>.<p>The US invaded Afghanistan and toppled its Taliban government in 2001 in the wake of the 9/11 attacks by Al-Qaeda, which had sought sanctuary in the country.</p>.<p>Western capitals fear Afghanistan could again become a haven for extremists bent on attacks.</p>.<p>Gulf countries, including Qatar, have been instrumental staging posts for evacuation flights for Western countries' citizens as well as Afghan interpreters, journalists and others.</p>