KABUL, 13 September 2021 (TON): Officers said that Afghan police at Kabul airport have returned to work manning checkpoints alongside Taliban security for the first time since the group seized power.

When the Taliban swept into Kabul last month ousting the government, police abandoned their posts, fearful of what the incoming group would do.

But two officers said they had returned to work on Saturday after receiving calls from Afghan Taliban commanders.

An AFP correspondent at the airport saw border police members deployed at several checkpoints outside the main buildings of the airport, including the domestic terminal.

One of the police force members told “I came back to work yesterday more than two weeks after being sent home."

Another officer said “I received a call from a senior Taliban commander who asked me to come back.”

“Yesterday was great, so happy to serve again.”

The Taliban say they have granted a general amnesty to everyone who worked for the former government, including the army, police and other security branches.