The fifth passenger flight took off from Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) on Sunday carrying more than 230 passengers, mostly Afghans, HE the Assistant Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lolwah bint Rashid AlKhater said. "Qatar will continue its efforts to work with all countries and parties to ensure the flow of inbound/outbound flights to/from HKIA," she tweeted. Later, aviation analyst Alex Macheras tweeted that the flight had landed in Doha's Hamad International Airport. "Now: I’m at Hamad International Airport where the latest Afghanistan evacuation flight has just landed from Kabul," he said in the evening. "It’s the second largest evac flight (in terms of passengers carried) since end of August." The Afghan citizens who arriving on the Boeing 777 will be transported to part of the World Cup accommodation that’s currently hosting Afghan evacuees, he added. Pictured are passengers waiting to board the Qatar Airways flight and the aircraft taking off from Kabul on its way to Doha.    

 


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