US will transfer Kabul airport back to Afghan people: State Department

The United States will transfer Kabul airport back to the Afghan people, said State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Friday (local time).

“Upon our departure, we will transfer the Kabul airport back to the Afghan people,” the State Department official said during a media briefing.

Earlier, the Taliban spokesperson said that the group has controlled parts of Kabul airport, as an August 31 deadline for the United States is about to end.

“Today, three important locations in the military part of Kabul airport were evacuated by the Americans and are under the control of the Islamic Emirate,” spokesman Bilal Karimi said on Twitter.