First evacuation flight from Kabul since US exit lands in Doha

A Qatari security personnel stands guard as a Qatar Airways aircraft takes off from the airport in Kabul on 9 September 2021.
AFP

Around 100 passengers, including US citizens, arrived in Doha after flying from Kabul on Thursday on the first flight carrying foreigners out of the Afghan capital since a US-led evacuation ended on 30 August.

AFP correspondents said the evacuation plane landed at Qatar's Hamad International Airport, marking the first successful flight of its type since the chaotic airlift of more than 120,000 people came to a close last month.