ByNews Desk- The Cradle
Turkey and Qatar have not yet announced the terms of the deal, which is said to include four other airports in Afghanistan
Sources who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media, initially said on 23 December that, as part of the visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to Qatar on 7 December, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Turkish and Qatari firms for the operation of Hamid Karzai International Airport as an equal partnership.
On 24 December, sources also told Turkey’s Anadolu Agency that Doha and Ankara have agreed to run Kabul’s international airport together with four other airports in Afghanistan under an interim Taliban administration.
The sources described the negotiations as “constructive and effective,” adding that “joint technical teams will be formed to negotiate the details of the operations,” which are expected to be completed in the coming days.
“Over the coming week, there will be technical talks regarding operational details between the Turkish-Qatari team on the one hand and the (interim) Afghan administration on the other,” the sources said.
The Turkish-Qatari group will travel from Kabul to Doha later on Friday to continue the negotiations.
There was no immediate response from Turkish or Qatari officials on this deal.
Flights were halted at Afghanistan’s major international airport in Kabul when the Taliban took power in August, and US troops destroyed equipment and a radar system before departing the country.
The Taliban took over Kabul on 15 August this year.
Since then, there has been much discussion over the operation of airports. With Turkey, Qatar and the UAE as the countries most interested in running the airport, Turkey and Qatar have seemingly decided to shake hands and work together.
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