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Emirates Suspends Flights To And From Kabul Amid Taliban Seizing Afghanistan’s Capital

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As of Sunday, August 15, all flights to and from Afghanistan’s capital Kabul have been suspended by Emirates until further notice. This news comes after the Taliban besieged Afghanistan’s capital on Sunday.

The update on the Emirates website clarified that,

Customers are advised that due to the developing situation in Afghanistan, Emirates flights to/from Kabul have been cancelled…

Customers holding tickets with final destination to Kabul will not be accepted for travel at their point of origin.

Customers can check the latest information on their flights by visiting the flight status page.

Other major airlines have also either suspended or rerouted flights to avoid Afghanistan airspace altogether, as it’s now being deemed as a ‘conflict zone’

Diplomats are hurridly being evacuated from Kabul, however, citizens are also rushing to the airport in an attempt to flee the country as attacks break out at various provinces across the country

Insurgents have completely besieged the capital after Western-backed President Ashraf Ghani left the country on Sunday, August 15

Afghan President was said to flee the country in order to ‘avoid bloodshed’.

The extremist militants also freed thousands of Afghani prisoners from a jail in Kabul earlier this week

Shocking the world, Taliban took control over the entire country within just a week – virtually unopposed by Afghan forces

Alarming footage of armed Taliban commanders occupying the Presidential Palace of Afghanistan is doing rounds, and citizens are frightful of their return to power

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