Afghanistan / Indians- Afghan refugees brought back safely from Kabul

India on Sunday evacuated almost 540 people, such as 475 of its nationals, who had been in Afghanistan on 4 flights from special locations because the authorities accelerated efforts to bring back all residents after the situation at Kabul airport deteriorated further.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 23, 2021, 12:28 AM

India on Sunday evacuated almost 540 people, such as 475 of its nationals, who had been in Afghanistan on 4 flights from special locations because the authorities accelerated efforts to bring back all residents after the situation at Kabul airport deteriorated further.

A general of 87 Indians and Nepalese residents had been flown from the Tajikistan capital of Dushanbe to Delhi in a special Air India flight on Sunday morning. They had been in advance evacuated from Kabul to Dushanbe in a C-130 Hercules plane of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday.

Another 168 people, such as 107 Indians and 23 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, had been flown out of Kabul in a C-17 heavy raise plane and reached the Hindan airbase afterwards Sunday.

Afghan lawmakers Anarkali Honaryar and Narender Singh Khalsa and their households had been the various Sikhs and Hindus. They had been escorted into Kabul airport via way of means of global forces after the Taliban averted a set of extra than 70 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus from getting into the region on Saturday.

Another 281 Indians, maximum of them personnel of companies from Western nations that had been energetic in Afghanistan, had been flown lower back from Doha to Delhi on special flights. These Indians were flown out to Qatar on US and NATO flights over the last few days.

People acquainted with the tendencies stated on the situation of anonymity that there had been no unique figures for the Indians who remained in Afghanistan, even though the symptoms had been that this will be a low number. Efforts are nonetheless directly to check-in all Indians who're nonetheless withinside the war-torn country and evacuate them as fast as feasible together with Afghan nationals, such as Sikhs and Hindus.