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Taliban regime requests India to renew flight companies with Afghanistan

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Afghanistan underneath the brand new Taliban regime has despatched a letter to the federal government of India requesting to renew flight service between the 2 international locations. The Acting Minister for Civil Aviation and Transport of Afghanistan, Alhaj Hamidullah Akhundzada wrote a letter on September 7 on this regard, addressed to India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
DGCA chief Arun Kumar has confirmed having acquired the letter including that the ministry of Civil Aviation will take a choice whether or not to renew the battle or not.
Pakistan and Iran have began working flight companies to Kabul. Out of diplomatic and safety considerations, the Narendra Modi authorities doesn’t appear to be in a rush. India additionally doesn’t acknowledge the Taliban regime.
The Indian authorities had suspended its flight following the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban on August 16. The final Air India flight from Kabul to Delhi on August 15 had carried 129 passengers. The air area of Afghanistan was declared uncontrolled, and the Civil Aviation Minister of Afghanistan had issued a discover to airmen (NOTAM) that the Kabul airspace had been launched to the navy.  
Now within the letter despatched to DGCA, the Taliban regime claims that normalcy has returned therefore the flight service can now be resumed.
“The intention of this letter is to keep the smooth passenger movement between two countries based on the signed MoU and our national carriers (Ariana Afghan Airline and Kam Air) aimed to commence their scheduled flights. Therefore, the Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority requests you to facilitate their commercial flights,” the letter reads.
The Taliban regime is looking for resumption of flights of two of its airline companies particularly Kam Air and Arina Afghan Airline between Kabul and Delhi.
“As you are well informed that recently the Kabul Airport was damaged and dysfunctional by American troops before their withdrawal. By technical assistance of our Qatar Brother, the Airport became operational once again and a NOTAM in this regard was issued on September 6,” Akhundzada has defined.