(MENAFN) A local online news agency reported Sunday that the Jalalabad Airport in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province launched its first passenger flight after 18 years on Thursday.
The private news agency Wadsam reported on Sunday that "This was a test flight that successfully took off and landed which marked the first flight after foreign troops handed over the facility to Afghan authorities months ago."
As per the source, the airport had previously been used as a military base for 18 years by the U.S. forces in the eastern zone.
The news agency the airport was handed over to Afghan officials, following a peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban group inked in late February 2020.
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