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Passenger flights between Iran and Afghanistan resume
(Last Updated On: September 16, 2021)
Iran has resumed regular commercial flights to neighboring Afghanistan following a month-long hiatus, Iran’s state run al-Alam TV channel reported.
An Iranian Mahan Air aircraft landed in Kabul on Wednesday with 19 passengers onboard after departing from the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad.
“At present, this airliner is returning to Mashhad with passengers,” the semi official Fars news agency later reported.
Regular passenger services between the two countries stopped after the Islamic Emirate gained power in Afghanistan a month ago.
Previously, Mahan Air – the second-largest Iranian airline – had operated two flights per week between Mashhad and Kabul.