Kabul International Airport, also and formerly known as Hamid Karzai International Airport, is an international airport located in Kabul, Afghanistan. It is one of the country's main international air
The airport's flightline in January 2012
An Avro 504 was one of the first aircraft to be used by the Afghan Air Force.
A 1968 Afghan postage stamp depicting the airport
The Soviet-built domestic terminal in 2008
On 15 August 2021, Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul was captured by the Taliban after a major insurgent offensive that began in May 2021. It was the final action of the War in Afghanistan, and mark
Kabul International Airport
…announced that it would provide security at the airport. U.S. and NATO forces were still deployed at the airport as well. A few weeks later, Kabul fell into the hands of the Taliban, prompting thousands of people to flee to the airport in an attempt to leave the country. Seven people were alleged to have died at the airport after…
Clockwise from top left: Afghans fleeing Kabul Airport aboard a U.S. Boeing C-17 Globemaster III U.S. Marines assisting at an evacuation checkpoint at Hamid Karzai International Airport Coalition soldiers assisting a child during the evacuation Armed Taliban fighters in Kabul Taliban fighters aboard a captured Humvee
Evacuees load on to buses to be processed during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan
Fleeing civilians aboard a US Air Force transport plane at Kabul Airport on 19 August 2021
US Marines with SP-MAGTF-CR-CC at an evacuation checkpoint at Kabul Airport on 21 August