First Flight From Kabul Since US Withdrawal Lands in Qatar

Passengers prepare to board a Qatar Airways aircraft at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 9, 2021. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images

The first flight allowed to take off from Kabul’s airport since U.S. troops withdrew from the country late last month has safely landed in nearby Qatar, U.S. officials said.

The Qatar Airways plane left Hamid Karzai International Airport on the evening of Sept. 9 local time and landed in Qatar several hours later.