The contract was signed by the deputy minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Ghulam Jailani Wafa, and a representative of the GAAC company in the presence of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, first deputy prime minister.
Speaking at the ceremony during the signing of the contract, Mullah Baradar said that security is good in the country and the Islamic Emirate is ready to cooperate with investing countries.
With the signing of this contract, Baradar said that all international airlines will start their flights to Afghanistan in a safe and reliable manner.
After the Islamic Emirate swept into power, several rounds of negotiations have been held between with companies in Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi..., Tukey and the UAE over managing technicals operation of the Afghan airports.
"When we were in a critical and an emergency situation, the UAE helped us with technical cooperation and repaired the terminals for free," said Ghulam Jailani Wafa, the Minister Transportation and Civil Aviation. "The GAAC company is an international company which provides the aviation services in the UAE itself."
The Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
and the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement for the management of four Afghan airports. The management of Kabul, Kandahar, Mazar-e-Sharif, and Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
airports is officially handed over to the United Arab Emirates.
After the country was thrown into disarray last year when the Taliban took control and foreign forces withdrew, Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
and
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...dispatched temporary technical teams to assist in airport operations and security.
The UAE has long been considered a Taliban ally, having backed and recognized the Taliban during their first term in office.