German Express Mail service suspends flight to Afghanistan

The world’s largest express mail service DHL announced Tuesday that it has suspended cargo flights to Afghanistan due to security concerns.

A spokesman for the Deutsche Post, which owns DHL, said that the Bonn-based company is reviewing the situation in Afghanistan before making further decisions.

DHL cargo planes flew regularly up to six times each week to Afghanistan, carrying mostly humanitarian goods.

DHL has already suspended flights to Iraq after one of its planes was hit by rockets in Baghdad last Saturday. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing, without any casualties.