What is Hamid Karzai International Airport?
[[File:Kam Air at Kabul Airport in 2010.jpg|thumb|right|The airport in 2010]] '''Hamid Karzai International Airport''' ({{lang-ps|د حامد کرزي نړيوال هوايي ډګر}}; {{lang-prs|میدان هوائی بین المللی حامدکرزی}}; {{airport codes|KBL|OAKB|p=n}}) is located 5 km from the city centre of [[Kabul]] in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hamidkarzaiairport.com/|title=Hamid Karzai International Airport (Kabul)|work=hamidkarzaiairport.com|access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref> It is one of the nation's main [[list of airports in Afghanistan|international airports]] and as one of the largest military bases. It was previously named '''Kabul International Airport''' and locally as '''Khwaja Rawash Airport'''. The airport was given its new name in 2014 in honor of former [[President of Afghanistan|President]] [[Hamid Karzai]]. The decision was made by the [[National Assembly of Afghanistan]] and the Cabinet of the then President [[Ashraf Ghani]]. On 26 August 2021, an [[ISIS]] [[2021 Kabul airport attack|sucide bombing]] occurred at the airport leaving at least 170 dead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/explosion-outside-kabul-airport-casualties-unclear-pentagon-2021-08-26/|title=U.S. says two explosions near Kabul airport; Islamic State suspected|date=2021-08-26|access-date=2021-08-26}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{transport-stub}} [[Category:Airports in Asia]] [[Category:Kabul]]