DHL resumes Afghanistan service

Wed, 20 Mar 2002, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: Air delivery company DHL Worldwide Express said it
would resume its operations in Afghanistan, which have been
frozen for 15 years, starting on Wednesday.

"The initial objective is for us to take part in distributing
the global humanitarian aid currently being provided to this
country in the aftermath of war and destruction," DHL chairman
and chief executive Uwe Dorken said in a statement.

The company halted its services in Afghanistan at the outset
of the country's war against the former Soviet Union.

The company said its first weekly flight would be from
Bahrain, which is the base of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, to
Kabul. The company admitted it would act as a freight forwarder
for U.S. military forces.

Bahrain is DHL's distribution hub for the Middle East, and is
the base for a fleet of seven aircraft. --JP

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