During a trip to China, Deputy of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, said that, there was a discussion about increasing flights, making it easier to get visas, and connecting Afghanistan to the “Belt and Road Initiative" project.

Gholam Jilani Wafa, the operational deputy of the Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation of the Islamic Emirate, in a meeting with the representatives of UNAMA, requested the cooperation of this organization in the standardization of the country's airfields.

The Trump administration has warned the civil aviation industry against dealing with Iranian airlines, saying any company found to have business with them would put itself in the crosshairs of sanctions.

After two Afghan airlines including the state-owned Ariana Afghan Airlines were ranked lowest in terms of safety in a new list from product rating website AirlinesRatings.com, the civil aviation authority in Kabul said the website was not ‘valid’ and its classification was not ‘credible.’