Today! Kabul International Airport suspended all flights as airlines reported they could not coordinate operations without communications, which could be due to the blackout after fiber-optic internet was disrupted in 17 provinces of Afghanistan. A nationwide internet and telecom shutdown in Afghanistan has disrupted essential services, including banking, aviation, trade, and media broadcasting. Ariana Afghan Airlines and Kam Air flights to Dubai and Istanbul among those canceled. flydubai said

456K views · 2.3K reactions | Kabul airport is fully operational and ready to resume international flights bit.ly/3kJJpB9 | The National | Facebook

55K views · 1.9K reactions | VIDEO: Afghans crowd the airport in Kabul, waiting to board flights to leave Afghanistan after the Taliban retook control of the country. #NTVNews  AFP | NTV Uganda | Facebook

246K views · 2.8K reactions | A video taken by Los Angeles Times correspondent Nabih Bulos shows a group of Taliban fighters entering a hangar at the Kabul airport following the complete withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. Some of the US military equipment used in Afghanistan was removed from the country and other items were disabled, Gen. Frank McKenzie, Commander of US Central Command, told reporters during a briefing. | CNN | Facebook

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96K views · 2.1K reactions | Thousands of Afghans, including government employees and security forces, gathered in an open field north of Kabul International Airport on Friday, waiting for a chance to enter the airport, as intermittent gunfire rang out near the scene. #GLOBALink | China Xinhua News | Facebook