The last US planes left Afghanistan

With Kabul’s airport being without air traffic control services as a result of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, U.S. airlines are now barred from flying over much of the country without prior authorization. “Due to both the lack of air traffic services and a functional civil aviation authority in Afghanistan, as well as ongoing security concerns, U.S. civil operators, pilots, and U.S.-registered civil aircraft are prohibited from operating at any altitude over much of Afghanistan,” the FAA said. U.S. civil operators may continue to use “one high-altitude jet route near the far eastern border for overflights. After a U.S. military occupation of Afghanistan for nearly 20 years, the last U.S. planes have left the war-ridden country…. (Excerpts from Fox Business)