Today! Kabul International Airport suspended all flights as airlines reported they could not coordinate operations without communications, which could be due to the blackout after fiber-optic internet was disrupted in 17 provinces of Afghanistan. A nationwide internet and telecom shutdown in Afghanistan has disrupted essential services, including banking, aviation, trade, and media broadcasting. Ariana Afghan Airlines and Kam Air flights to Dubai and Istanbul among those canceled. flydubai said

Kabul airport is fully operational and ready to resume international flights bit.ly/3kJJpB9 | The National

Crowds of people desperate to escape Afghanistan stormed Kabul’s international airport, rushing onto the tarmac. People clung to the sides of military planes, even as one taxied down the runway, in a bid to flee as the Taliban takes control. https://nyti.ms/3snbEI7 | The New York Times

This is Airplane restaurant in Kabul Afghanistan 🇦🇫. In Kabul’s Park-e-Shahr (City Park), a decommissioned commercial aircraft — formerly operated by Kam Air (an Afghan airline) — has been repurposed as a unique restaurant and attraction inside the park. The plane (often described as a Kam Air jet) was moved from Kabul International Airport into the park to be converted into a dining venue. | SAMI Afghanistan TOUR GUIDE

Thousands of Afghans, including government employees and security forces, gathered in an open field north of Kabul International Airport on Friday, waiting for a chance to enter the airport, as intermittent gunfire rang out near the scene. #GLOBALink | China Xinhua News