An Afghan national is mobbed by media person for byte as he arrives at Indira Gandhi International airport by Air India special flight from Kabul, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Aug 15, 2021. (Photo: AP)

NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (Xinhua) -- The scheduled Air India (AI) flight that was to fly from Delhi's airport to Kabul Monday afternoon has been suspended as the airspace over Afghanistan was closed for all flights, a spokesman of the carrier said on Monday.

The spokesman said earlier in the day that the AI flight would fly to Kabul as per its schedule. However, due to the reported violence at the Kabul airport leading to a couple of killings, airspace over Kabul was closed and subsequently all flights, taking off and landings, were cancelled.

"Airspace over Afghanistan is declared closed, so no aircraft can operate there. Our scheduled flight to Kabul also cannot go," the spokesman said in a written message.