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Pakistan Airlines suspends Afghan operations, citing Taliban interference

A Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane prepares to take off from the Benazir International airport in Islamabad, Pakistan, on February 9, 2016. [Reuters]

 Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) suspended flights to Kabul on Thursday after what it called heavy-handed interference by Taliban authorities.

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