ACAA spurns Hekmatyar’s claim on unknown aircrafts landing

KABUL (Pajhwok): Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has claimed that unknown aircraft transfer unknown goods from Kabul International Airport to foreign countries, a claim the Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) rejected.

Hekmatyar said: “According to some reports, aircraft sans logos and from unknown place land at Kabul Airport and transfer unknown goods to foreign countries. This is happening at a time when the security of the airport is at the hands of strange personnel not regular airport security forces.”

“Bags full of unknown materials, possibly dollars and gold, are transported abroad without inspection; these goods belong to close relatives of individuals in the regime.”

Hekmatyar claimed the process of transferring these items had intensified since the Doha talks reached a critical stage. “It is necessary for the parliament to address this important national issue as well, to appoint a commission to investigate the case, to identify the perpetrators and violators and to introduce them to the prosecutor’s office, and to prevent the recurrence of this looting,” he said.

But ACAA in a statement rejected Hekmatyar’s claims, saying all civilian flights took off with ACAA permission and were allowed to fly after all requirements were met and the purpose of the flight was ascertained in line with all national and international laws.

“No aircraft without a specific name or logo and sign can be allowed to land at the country’s civil airports in accordance with international regulations,” the ACAA said.