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katherine technical teams have been working to restore capital airport. they say it's 90 percent operational and expect a gradual reopening. we are very happy and very comfortable to and also also for the 1st time there is will be an international flight. so i'm going to from doctor to cobble and the commercial flight or target, or whatever you want to call it, the bottom line and explain to passengers foreigners and both traveling from cobbled to go hand from head to the respective dispositions. charlotte bellis joined us. a lie from couple a poor child you on the tom, i tell us about what's been happening. the 1st commercial passengers i understand, will soon be departing from the airport. and officials have been keen to stress that these are not evacuation. yeah, it's quite a clear distinction this they very much wanted to say that this is just as a commercial airport, as commercial flights would normally operate the 1st bar,

florida passengers have to dislike to bow and triple save and they get into doha. and then on to various locations, people are currently moving through immigration inside the international terminal. the 1st time the international terminal has opened since the taliban took over. it was quite badly damaged in the days after they entered. caldwell would have been repute. we've been in there with the passengers, is 169 people flying, all they all have foreign passport or passport with valid visas for on would travel. quite mixed feelings inside. some people very relieved and very happy that these, this past which is now open and they can start to build these type of commercial flights. other people quite upset. i think it's really hard decision for us to leave. i got family members here. i don't know when i will see them again. one woman was headed to canada. some was there, but you see the rest of my family is here and i didn't even get to say good bye to

them. i got a message this morning saying this commercial flight would be operating, come here with my passport and she said she hadn't said good bye to them, but for the most part inside, very normal with how it was before the taliban. the same stuff behind the immigration councils, they have boarding passes and are those boarding costs is a hand written and not printed, but they have to hurry to position at every fit category security as they, as they move through. and they bought the slide, which is the 1st of many we understand there's another commercial flight tomorrow. and this is very crucial. the reopening of the airport and the fact that commercial airlines are able to, to land and depart from a very crucial, of course, to aid deliveries. to ganeth a delivery have a we have, we have one of the passenger buses probably just now they're on board for a national we talked to people who had european elegance for

being for when we were with them and we were with them as i went through immigration and boarding the plane and then all was very as or i can tell you as well with this particular slide that we're looking at . now. there was a lot of humanitarian aid on it when it arrives. be moved by the terry rate, but it's not the humanitarian aid has been coming in, they stablished an average. i believe it was last week with very military flight coming in and not just from casa, but other goals may shoes out of the country, bringing you in. he told us, and in recent weeks, they went down the last days by last days of health. by now, the things they needed to support after i met with the average was crucial. i motivate, has been coming in and being distributed from hobble to almost all the bird as

a commercial flight come in. we understand that they will be bringing aid and then taking people out. we're seeing some of the passengers about to get on the plane right now. charlotte and i've seen some children women as well. and i know you've spoken to them. tell us a bit more about about what they've told you and who are they. i mean there was also the question of evacuating americans from afghanistan or the american citizens among those passengers. well, we looked for american citizens in the departure. we couldn't find any old r, as above that arrived to the plain. i busted arrive to the plain before this is the 2nd. to passages the 1st. i seem to. it didn't come from the particular international departure area where i'm clear of who those nations were, but certainly the ones that we spoke to inside one man and his family were from

italy. they live in rome. they said that something like 20 years that that come here to visit their family just before the telephone took over and then that then they were stuck them at the italians and helped them try to find a way out to them to this commercial option. today. another woman from canada, she said that she lived in canada for 25 years and her son was there. but you come here to her mother and her sibling, and have been here for a couple of months. and then he got stuck here as well. and she had, she cried to us as we talked to her saying it was such a hard decision to leave because she didn't want to leave her family, need to hear she talk to the canadian government about what to do with them. if there was any way to get them out and, and that said, look, they can go through the typical normal immigration procedures, but you can come back alone and mean potentially there's an option for them at that point. but it's very much moving into how immigration, how refugee asylum, how those type of things work. traditionally, we've moved into that phase now where it's purely possible. holden, julie,

people with valid be forwarding commercial flights with tickets. and then they may be able to bring their relatives and immediate family members after that point. once i've gone through your standard immigration procedures. yeah. just if you could have you come and turn towards that, the bus that was unloading the passengers for us again. so we, we can take a look. i mean, this is an important moment. a significant moment does the 1st commercial passengers soon to be departing from cobbled airport for the 1st time since the airport was made operational again. thanks to the work of ca, terry and turkish technical teams who repaired the runway radar systems at the airport as well as communications lines which badly damaged following the evacuation that followed the taliban takeover of cabin a port. as you can see, the passengers boarding now and about to take off a shot was saying they will be heading to doha and then will be later dispatched to

various locations. charlotte, i mean, this is very clear, contrast really to the chaos. evacuations we saw about 10 days ago at the state. same airport. yeah, a fix. looked at the coin to what it was. i mean, we've been here for 2 months now. we'll see how it's progressed. i mean, the day off the taliban took over and cobbler where we had standing right now was flooded with people. they broke true security. they broke the vehicle perimeter. they came onto the runway. there was terrific scenes of people trying to grab onto us military flights, and it was terrific to the things that were on the, on the tarmac. and then we followed as the, as the evacuation started to take my seat. 17 of 17. taking off from this runway in the south, and the people around the perimeter banging at the gate, hoping for a chance to get back. you waited in for the last week. it has been purely the old

civilian stuff coming. that guitar a technical team would thing tell us members and officials down here at the pool and tried to figure out how to get this pulled back on and speak again. there was a lot of damage. everything from the lights down the wrong way to the right off system to the traffic control. how being damaged beyond belief that tarry technical things we spoke with today. we're actually in the traffic control tower with them. and they said when we arrived here, we had nothing, everything was damaged. we had to start from 0 and build this up with the equipment with things that we brought him to get this operational. now we're training up asking stuff on the equipment to get everything operation for another. another bus ride a bus off departure. another bus arriving there, charlotte send by bina. okay,

charlotte will come back to you in just a moment. i just want to bring in alex my, tara, so the navy ation analysts had talked to us a bit more about the work that went into to making this airport operational again. alex, thank you for being with us. official saying that coupled airport is 90 percent ready. what does that mean realistically, and what still needs to happen for it to be at a 100 percent and fully operational will fully. there is a difference between what is happening right now. and the footage that was being now on the ground and the plan for this next phase of cobble airport. and i think 1st i want to start off by being very clear. this flight today is not a commercial flight. this is a commercial aircraft. the belongs to the airline katara always, but the flight itself with a charge of flight and it's operating on behalf of the contrary authorities who are in partnership with the u. s. we've kind of during, so i want to bring remaining people who are stuck enough kind of stand out of afghanistan and onwards to other locations. so this is not the 1st commercial like

it is a charter flight. it is, can it become because this is the 1st time since the taliban advanced to cobble and the us left that actually with things for a national able to leave by the interesting the next time. sorry alex to interrupt you on that point. it's interesting that you say that because a country official who was speaking earlier from capital airport, who was on the tom, i was very insistent on the fact that this wasn't an evacuation flight, that this was a commercial 5. and now you say this is a charter flight and not a commercial flight. just explain to us a bit more, you know, the difference between this because they, they're very keen distress, that these are not evacuations as we've seen in the past. sure. so the reason it's a charter flight is because actually this is not a commercial flight whereby the airline is selling tickets, paying passengers on a route that they operate as part of a schedule. instead, the airline has been paid by the government, which in coordination with other government offers will most rescue tickets if you

live to those who are stuck by operating individual one off special charter flights . and we see this all around the world when there was bad weather in places when airlines go bust and so on. these one off. and that can be many, one of charter flights operate on a different basis to how a normal scheduled airline operations flight would. there is some confusion, understandably because the cross itself is a commercial across it belongs to the airline, but did, for example, the airline fellow, the passengers, the ticket directly, they didn't. this is a charge of flight. okay. that is working primarily on that. you need to leave that the car, the cation that okay. understood and thank you for clarifying that for us. now we're watching these live pictures and exclusive pictures from the camera, which is on the tom mike off couple airport right now of women. as you can see, and children about to board that cut, i always flight, which is headed for doha. these pictures that were watching alex as charlotte was saying earlier, in huge contrast to what we saw 10 days ago with that key,

already evacuation in the scenes of chaos and, and really sad, seen from coupled airport. this is much more orderly. i do want to ask you about security at this airport today. how secure and safe is the airport right now? not safe enough for international airlines to be able to return back to be very frank, we know that the technical team, the cross katara and tucker, have done a great job in bringing back to the attention that repair the runway and radar. they have assisted with the operation of air traffic control and making sure that the talented traffic controllers that were there before the time the bandit wants to cobble all that to do that jobs in the way that they used to now. but in terms of having a foreign security presence at we are lost connection to alex my terrace ation specialists. let's head back to charlotte bennett live on

the tama at campbell airport. we see the passengers boarding the country. i always flight headed for a lot of women and children, charlotte among the passengers, mostly families from what we witness inside inside the immigration and the way they will bucks in here from a secure location. and then they weigh with their family members. children as wives and the hospital and went through the process just like they would any other point if they would like to possibly myself dozens of times. and if it was very much the same thing, it would go through immigration, go through security, show your passport and now they're moving to find them. and it was quite mixed feelings inside the term. and a lot of people very relieved and saying, you know, we were very unsure what would happen. well, there are

a lot of them say we didn't face any direct threat or any issues that seems to telephone have been here. but we are worried about what might happen and we remember the ninety's and we were very concerned. and so they were quite told about leaving and leaving some family members here. but for the most part, i mean this, this airport, you say 90 percent functional. this is a little things like we saw lot of planes coming, going today, domestic flights and running commercially military flights coming and going. but this little things like they can help right at night. once the sunset will have to take an office. if they don't have some of the equipment, they need to be able to run this april 100 percent. like prior to the telephone. i know you've been able to to go and visit some of the areas of the airport and look at some of the equipment that's been that's been put in to replace the damage equipment. tell us a bit more. i know you went to the traffic control room, for example. tell us a bit more about the work that when went into to getting the sample back and running again. so they turned the control tower. we were up there earlier just

before the flight. ben did actually, and they said that most of the equipment was damaged and it was, it was trashed when they arrived. and they sits in about 2 weeks. because the kentoria, fisher, we spoke about 2 weeks to take it in from rubbish everywhere on the ground. he couldn't even get in here to getting everything back up and running again. the tarmac, for example here on the wrong way, when we come previously, bullet casings and track new measuring. i mean, i tried to count how many cases like got one where me right here and i couldn't now with 3 or 4. ringback bullet casings and we've been here all day, so that's a huge play behind because i get it weight. but that is usually when it was a big nature based and that is, there are still a lot of planes and helicopters that we use by the ask any of the

or that was damage the joy that is that hasn't been touched in the line. it basically reach, but this is the commercial side and this is where they're really focused on trying to get mixed up to the commercial plane arrive and stuff really. and they can boost like, like i guess the saying that the other nation airlines typically are trying to bring in my country team involved in the work to get the support back and running again. it's at 90 percent of fed, even if it's fully operational at 100 percent. they will need, i mean, the taliban, they will need help from outside technical help my side to keep it corporation. i mean, it's going to have to rely a lot on the,

on the technical team for the technical team. the mission here today. can you tell me, how long are you going to stay and how to work with already seen, at least in the technical side, a few ass good stuff. they said once everything up and running essentially to 100 percent. we're going to start training some of the good stuff to take over from us, but a lot of the stuff that we can get, the floor needs to be international terminal. they are still there. i will side by side with good. how are you officially? we didn't actually see any taliban in the nation terminal or any involved in any of the technical side of things, purely old ask and civilian stuff that were here prior to terry working side by side the or any time with thing telephone at the you are essentially to they the see that, that driven out on the top back to the talk to some people they've tried to get an understanding of how this works before the tell about haven't run the airport at

least for the last 20 years. are they coming at this from a position coming it from scratch? they're not, they don't have the technical expertise or the knowledge of how to work. and so they're relying on the old civilian stuff and we'll talk to couple of them and that they have now back at their job even came here, which is the biggest commercial playing carrier here. they started the 1st flight today and the same stuff back at the jewels that work and quite interesting that well the tell about controlling the country for at least on the a port side of things. they just kind of watching and learning and soothing. let's talk a bit more about the humanitarian issue. i mean that that's of course is, is a priority for this new off gun taliban lead. government can't take a government when we spoke to w f p. yesterday for example, they said that the knees on the ground for a huge in of course this airport will be crucial in the delivery of age to ganeth.

indeed, i mean the you in and world health organization doctors without borders. ask enbridge kristen, every one challenging me. say we need help and it's, it's started because the tele bon, many mean these are all new infections list, arguing blacklists and most this country for the most part ran on international aid . and now that they've taken control, a lot of these organizations view in new agencies, i having trouble getting the money to the country because they sanctioned and frankly, just not allowed. so they're relying on trying to get 8 and now through the, through the average to continue providing services. but we've had stories this week with about 2300 hospitals and health. the next that we're working under the world health organization health organization saying that 90 percent might close eminently because they just don't have the money. it's been stopped to hold the

taliban so that they had a real crisis point now, and they really need the money as soon as possible to continue delivering aid and various funds. and then also just to get in the supplies directly through the, through the military claims and then now also commercial. and he's a taliban. is there a willingness from the tiny band to work with these international organizations on the ground to perhaps facilitate access and ensure that you know, they, they provide the help that is needed to the people which still when we talk to you, when i mean, they say that guess we're working in it and we're trying to figure out how to do this, but it seems like very much a relationship in its infancy. the us and other agencies also worked with the telephone before they took over because in many districts the tell about were in control and they had to work with them and find ways to deliberate and, and they personnel to work on to tell about control. but of course, on a very different scale, they have to work with them nationally. so still in its infancy,

i would say it's mixed reviews and teething problems as to how to work this out without giving them legitimacy, legitimacy. at this point, i have to say that i'm just being told by my producer that you can take the stairs being taken away and that they are preparing to take off the coast. but quite a few officials on that. it looks like a quite a few officials, not tom. ok. and, and also, i mean, i reported by itself. i mean it's an important moment, but perhaps this could raise questions about security. i mean what, what sort of security is at the airport sir? it depends on who you on the contrary, official came in a few hours. a lot of these journalists have been and then the guitar, a technical team has this special for and they have fame,

essentially securing the perimeter and taking responsibility for that. they've been guarding the playing since we've been here with your exhibit at various gardens and security protocols and play i believe. yeah, they move this out to the people back. no, i mean it's still, it's still in it's and it's in its infancy and all the information template running . but because it's only one flight and outside of that, everything's really quiet. they're allowing people to get as close as they are, because there's not much traditional, airport traffic and buses and they don't talk to us about the significance of this moment. charlotte, of course, have been talking about this for the past 25 minutes or so. now, this commercial airline, cat, i always with passengers on board departing from complex port. it is

a significant moment. it comes after the taliban unveiled of course they can't take a government. this is important as a, you know, their rule takes hold enough. ganesh, them the sofa. the planes, i mean, we all saw the, the evacuation flight with military planes. there were some commercial flights charted at that time, but they certainly didn't go through the, the international terminal when through your standard departure procedures and have passports check. they just squeeze through the gates and pleaded the case with foreign foreign troops and whoever else they could find. this is the 1st time that would save some sense of order with an actual going triple 7. people able to enter the departure various and go through the process as they normally would. and i think truly fitting the stage for commercial flight to operate like they were

anywhere else. and like they did prior to the telephone takeover and trying to get show to the world that it's possible brands and still some confidence and other airlines that that commercial flight. so restarting, at these commercial playing with tickets passengers. let's talk a bit more about that because alex, my chair is the ation specialists who are talking to earlier was very keen to strike that. you know, these passengers didn't actually purchase a ticket for from cut airways that this was a charge of flight. so when you spoke to them, did they tell you a bit more about how they were able to get on board the strain? yes, so they were told that the people we spoke with the in the patches terminal that received notification from the various countries. morning to say that a commercial plane was coming in and that if they had their passports would be to

be ready that they could go to the airport and that they would receive a boarding pass. go through the typical immigration procedures are correct to say that money didn't change, but this is different and seems to have gone through the international terminal like a normal commercial purchase. and then i'll go to get a commercial plane as opposed to military across which has been the standards. so far it's cut airways and there's a question of course of knowing whether other international airlines could soon follow. it's not just the matter, i guess of getting the operation at the airport, fully operational, i imagine politics, there must be some policy involved in that as well. well, i think the politics, as far as i'm aware, has, has been taking like 4 months. i mean, if you go back to before the us with tool, there were many questions and many concerned about securing the force at that time,

which didn't negotiations including the government, but mostly with turkey and stuffing. now mostly with turkey to take responsibility and security. i will move out of the shop so they can take off with turkey to secure the port. but, i mean, once the telephone turkey has been and has done the majority of the heavy lifting, we say the nation european nations and try to get some type of the safe passage in writing. so there's something like this happened today, but security has been many, many, no one could have perceived situations laid out. like i said, with the telephone taking that there would be

a different arrangement like this is what it is governing power and i can drive it in the eyes on what the telephone ends and pullman staff civil looking and another sign i guess that life is so slowly starting to get back to normal, returned to some sort of normalcy in afghanistan. since since it's already been took over, tell us about, you know, what, life, what life is like in cobble right now. people just have they just come to grips of reality that this is now what their life is going to be like. what each passing day people realize that nothing's going to change. they're going to have to accept it or they're going to have to leave. and that, that's what people keep telling us. i have to live with this. and if i can the know try and find the way it's, it's a mix. this mix reviews because in some senses the telephone. i have done

a good job and security, a lot of people say to the cabinet was you know what i had to tell about there of how because it's much more secure than it was. right. you know, my house is getting well, twice a month. now there's no save people, happy about security, but there's others very concerned about representation. let's talk to people who are shia. majority groups here who said we don't have representation in the, in the acts and cabinet at least women saying we don't have active representation either. i'd be concerned about what that means for their rights, and if they will still be looked off to in a new governments. and then of course, the approaches which has ended badly and many cases, journalists and purchase open. i've been to say it's a mix review. i mean they're not.