GAAC is an Emirati company that runs Kabul Airport in deal with the Taliban

 

UAE - Afghanistan - Kabul Airport

The Taliban government in Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed the deal to run Kabul Airport and several other airports in Afghanistan. A Taliban Transport Ministry spokesman also confirmed that an aviation security contract had already been signed with the UAE.

Under the deal with the UAE, Afghanistan citizens will be employed at the airports, including in security roles. This is crucial for the Taliban regime which wants to show they can create jobs for Afghanistan citizens. According to various sources, Kabul airport would provide a main source of intelligence on movements in and out of the country.

GAAC is an Emirati company

Recently, several articles circulated online claiming that Abu Dhabi-based firm GAAC Solutions manages the Afghan airport in cooperation with an Israeli company. However, GAAC is a purely Emirati company with no external partners.

The Government of Afghanistan selected the United Arab Emirates (UAE) company to operate Afghan airports because they believed in the capabilities of the UAE in the field of aviation. The UAE owns world-leading companies in the field of aviation. Abu Dhabi Aviation (ADA) is the largest commercial helicopter operator in the Middle East. In terms of aircraft fleets, Emirates Airlines operates 268 widebody aircraft. This reflects the interest of the countries of the world in cooperating with the UAE in the field of aviation.

Those who spread the rumour that Israel is running the airport in cooperation with the UAE are media tools affiliated with countries that spread hatred. With this rumour, the main victim is not the Emirates but the Afghan citizen. The countries that spread hatred seek to take Afghanistan as a base for transferring their external differences by spreading rumours to threaten the common interests between Afghanistan and other countries. This matter directly affects the internal situation in Afghanistan.

The Taliban administration agreed to hand over responsibility to the UAE-based company to handle operations at key airports in the Herat, Kabul and Kandahar regions in Afghanistan. The contract between the two countries made GAAC Solutions responsible for offering ground handling services at these airports in Afghanistan.

The UAE'S negotiations are part of the effort by Abu Dhabi to expand longstanding ties with Afghanistan's rulers that have included government aid in recent months since the militants took power. GAAC also expressed optimism about the potential of the deal because it would encourage more air service and investment.

In May, the militants awarded the ground services contract to GAAC. Reportedly, UAE state-linked company was involved in running security and ground handling services at Afghan airports before the Taliban takeover. At that time, there were no reports that the UAE company was cooperating with an Israeli company.

GAAC had maintained a presence in Afghanistan since November 2020.

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