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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Cash-strapped Taliban Look To Airspace For Windfall

A view from inside a commercial plane flying over Kabul city in November 2021, after the Taliban takeover in August of that year (Credit: AFP)

Far above Kabul, the cash-strapped Taliban government has located a potentially lucrative revenue stream: Afghanistan's airspace.

As Israel and Iran's exchange of missiles threw flight paths into disarray this year, the skies above Afghanistan offered carriers a less turbulent and faster route to ply -- for a flat $700 overflight fee, according to industry insiders.

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