‘A big change has come’: Kabul airport reopens but flights leave empty as Taliban blocks access

By World Tribune on August 17, 2021   Afghanistan, Exclusives, Mideast, Rest of The Best, Top Stories, Washington, World Links, World Tribune  

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2021 Despite the re-opening of Kabul airport for military and civilian flights, access remained nearly impossible for tens of thousands of Americans waiting to be evacuated and many more thousands of Afghans seeking to flee the Taliban’s Sharia law control, reports say. The Taliban erected checkpoints at airport entrances, […]