date:Aug 18, 2017
the effort to add more flights.
Since June 19, just one flight, carrying 60 tonnes of medicinal plants, has left Kandahar, Haji Nasrullah Zaheer, head of the city's chamber of commerce, told Reuters.
It is fruit season in Kandahar, but the delicate fruit just rotted here due to lack of flights, he said.
Fruit producers had long pressed for more air cargo services but disjointed planning and a lack of infrastructure, such as facilities for cold storage, had proved a stumbling-block.
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