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Friday, 3 September 2021 (YJC)_ At the same time as the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the United Nations announced that it has resumed its humanitarian flights to Afghanistan.
The United Nations has announced that it has resumed its humanitarian flights to Afghanistan. The flights were operated from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, to Mazar-e-Sharif and Kandahar.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's spokesman Stephen Dujarric said there had been three flights to Mazar-e-Sharif airport so far.
He said the United Nations was also planning flights to Kabul airport, sending non-food aid including medicine and other necessities to Afghanistan.
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