Air India says scheduled flights to Kabul not cancelled as of now

Air India on Sunday said it has not cancelled its scheduled flights to Kabul as of now. “We are monitoring the situation and as of now continuing with our scheduled flights to Kabul,” a spokesperson of the carrier said on Sunday, refuting reports that it has cancelled all flights in the wake of the crisis in Kabul. As Afghanistan is on the brink of surrendering to the Taliban after the insurgent group entered Kabul on Sunday, an Air India flight landed on Kabul in the afternoon. Then it took off carrying 129 passengers for Delhi.

The flight had to hover for an hour in the skies before it could land and then after refuelling it took off at around 6.06pm.