In a groundbreaking development, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Monday ran its first commercial flight to Kabul, Afghanistan since the Taliban took over the country last month. This operation is very significant for the PIA and the whole world, PIA's Chief Operating Officer Arshad Malik said in a statement, adding that it is hoped that we will be able to resume a complete operation soon."

the spokesman for the airline Mr. Abdullah H. Khan said, The Boeing 777 with the flight number PK 6429 departed from Islamabad, Pakistan, as a commercial flight chartered by the World Bank, carrying officials from the bank and journalists The aircraft later returned to Islamabad.

This was the first Pakistan International Airlines flight to touch down in Kabul after the foreign troop withdrawal and large-scale evacuation of people from Afghanistan ended on Aug. 31. "It was a special chartered commercial flight," Khan told Reuters. "We also accommodated other individuals who wanted to leave Afghanistan since we had space on the plane."

Qatar Airways ran a chartered flight from Kabul to Doha on Sept. 9 carrying about 113 people.

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