Due to the closure of Afghan airspace, an air india was diverted to the Gulf airspace, on Monday (August 16, 2021) .
According to a flight tracking website the air india flight from chicago to delhi have changed the course.It has exited Afghanistan airspace shortly after entering.
United Airlines, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic had already stopped using Afghanistan airspace. Emirates has likewise suspended flights to Kabul until further notification.
The circumstance has deteriorated in the war torn nation after the Taliban fighters took control of the presidential palace in Kabul on Sunday.Commercial flights set to land in Afghanistan have also been affected due to this.
Meanwhile, Mohammad Naeem, the spokesman for the Taliban’s political office, declared that the war in ‘Afghanistan was over’.