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<strong>The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will start flights from Islamabad to Kabul on Monday, thus&nbsp; becoming the first international airline to resume commercial operations from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of the country&#39;s capital on August 15.</strong></p>
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The stamp of approval given to PIA by the Taliban gives yet another proof of Pakistan&#39;s deep ties with the militant outfit even as several reports of Pak military planes flying back and forth between Islamabad and Kabul &quot;with bags of documents&quot; have gone viral on social media in the last 48 hours.</p>
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&quot;We have got all technical clearances for flight operations. Our first commercial plane is scheduled to fly from Islamabad to Kabul on September 13,&quot; AFP quoted PIA spokesman Abdullah Hafeez Khan as saying.</p>
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Khan also told the news agency that the service would depend on demand.</p>
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&quot;We have received 73 requests which is very encouraging… from humanitarian relief agencies and journalists,&quot; he said.</p>
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The Hamid Karzai International Airport, which was taken over by the Taliban after the withdrawal of US forces, has majorly seen planes carrying humanitarian aid landing on its once-busy runway since the exit of US troops.</p>
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In the last two days, Qatar Airways has operated evacuation flights out of the Kabul airport.</p>
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&quot;Today, the United States government facilitated the additional departures of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents both on a chartered Qatar Airways flight from Kabul and via overland passage to a neighbouring country. The Qatar Airways flight held 19 U.S. citizens and the party traveling overland included two U.S. citizens and 11 lawful permanent residents,&quot; US National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horne said last night.</p>
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