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The Kabul International Airport, pictured in 2009. We can only pray that this new incarnation of the Taliban remains a kinder, gentler version of itself and that airlifts to safety replace vengeful bloodletting, writes Scott Taylor.Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Jim Kelly

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

September 13, 2021

OTTAWA—Last week, the former Hamid Karzai International Airport was back in business under the new moniker of Kabul International Airport (a.k.a. KIA). The first flight to lift off from KIA was a Qatar Airways charter carrying an estimated 200 foreign nationals, including a number of Canadians.

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