Kabul International Airport
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Kabul International Airport is located 16km (9miles) from Kabul, Afghanistan.
Due to international sanctions under the Taliban, the airport was all but closed, with few international flights. Following the United States attack on Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York, the airport reopened. At first it was only for the US military and the International Security Assistance Force, a NATO-led peacekeeping force, but later for civilian airlines as well.
Airlines
External links
- PDF on rebuilding the airport (http://www.export.gov/afghanistan/pdf/transport_1-kabul_airport.pdf)
- A US State Department press release about NATO taking control of KBL (http://www.state.gov/p/sa/rls/pr/33112.htm)
- UK Department of Defense Images of KBL (http://www.operations.mod.uk/fingal/photo_gallery_airport.htm)