KABUL, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- A total of 27 airfields including five international airports are operational in Afghanistan, spokesperson for the country's Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation Imamudin Ahmadi said.
"Currently 27 operational airports exist in the country and five of them are international airports," the local television channel Tolonews quoted Ahmadi on Tuesday as saying.
The official also claimed that the U.S.-led forces destroyed all the country's airports including the Kabul International Airport during their withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, saying, "the Islamic Emirate has repaired, equipped and made them operational."
The Kabul International Airport, Kandahar airport, Herat airport and the airports in Khost and Mazar-i-Sharif cities have been serving as international airports, the official said.
Currently, Afghan airliners have flights to Pakistan, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and a few more destinations, according to the official. ■
