India
oi-Deepika S
New Delhi, Aug 15: The Air India flight AI-244 from Kabul with a full load of 129 passengers took off today from Kabul, the capital of strife-hit Afghanistan, as the country gets surrounded by Taliban troops.
The return flight (with call sign AI-244) departed from the Kabul airport with 129 passengers at around 5.35 PM (Indian Standard Time). However, they stated that the airline is monitoring the situation closely and it would take appropriate action as required.
Officials of Air India said that there is no plan yet to cancel its Delhi-Kabul-Delhi flight as of now and that it is scheduled to operate on Monday too.
Currently, only Air India is operating flights between India and Afghanistan.
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