An airplane takes off from the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 27, 2021(Photo: AFP/VNA)

The UN Humanitarian Air Service is now operating flights "to enable 160 humanitarian organizations to continue their life-saving activities in Afghanistan's provinces," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters.

The flights link the Pakistani capital Islamabad with the city Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan and with Kandahar in the south. Three flights have already landed in Mazar-i-Sharif since August 29.

Dujarric said that efforts are being made to launch more flights and to more destinations. He added that officials were working to establish a cargo air bridge to transport non-food items, such as medical and other emergency supplies.