<p>Qatar is working with the Taliban to reopen Kabul's airport as soon as possible, its foreign minister said on Thursday, urging the hardline Islamists to allow Afghans to leave.</p>.<p>The airport, the scene of a frenzied evacuation which ended with the US troop withdrawal on Tuesday, is out of operation with much of its infrastructure destroyed or degraded.</p>.<p>"We are working very hard (and) we remain hopeful that we will be able to operate it as soon as possible," said Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/those-left-in-afghanistan-complain-of-broken-us-promises-1026183.html" target="_blank">Those left in Afghanistan complain of broken US promises</a></strong></p>.<p>"Hopefully in the next few days we will hear some good news," said Sheikh Mohammed.</p>.<p>"It's very important... that the Taliban demonstrate their commitment to provide safe passage and freedom of movement for the people of Afghanistan," he told a news conference in Doha.</p>.<p>A Qatari technical team flew into Kabul on Wednesday to discuss reopening the airport, the first plane to land there since the evacuations.</p>.<p>More than 123,000 foreign nationals and Afghans fled the country in the airlift operation, but many more are desperate to depart.</p>
<p>Qatar is working with the Taliban to reopen Kabul's airport as soon as possible, its foreign minister said on Thursday, urging the hardline Islamists to allow Afghans to leave.</p>.<p>The airport, the scene of a frenzied evacuation which ended with the US troop withdrawal on Tuesday, is out of operation with much of its infrastructure destroyed or degraded.</p>.<p>"We are working very hard (and) we remain hopeful that we will be able to operate it as soon as possible," said Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/those-left-in-afghanistan-complain-of-broken-us-promises-1026183.html" target="_blank">Those left in Afghanistan complain of broken US promises</a></strong></p>.<p>"Hopefully in the next few days we will hear some good news," said Sheikh Mohammed.</p>.<p>"It's very important... that the Taliban demonstrate their commitment to provide safe passage and freedom of movement for the people of Afghanistan," he told a news conference in Doha.</p>.<p>A Qatari technical team flew into Kabul on Wednesday to discuss reopening the airport, the first plane to land there since the evacuations.</p>.<p>More than 123,000 foreign nationals and Afghans fled the country in the airlift operation, but many more are desperate to depart.</p>