At least 140 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus and others were stopped with the aid of using the Taliban from going to the Kabul airport, stated the president of the Indian World Forum Puneet Singh, who has been coordinating the evacuation with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Indian Air Force (IAF).
The development has pressured a put off in the departure of a special IAF aircraft, which has been waiting at the Kabul airport since Wednesday.
The Indian World Forum stated the Taliban turned back the passengers from outside the airport on Wednesday night. Around 200 Hindus and Sikhs of Afghanistan, consisting of other residents of the country, had been scheduled to reach withinside the Hindon airbase with the aid of using Thursday morning. But the motion has been stopped because the Taliban reportedly blocked the ones approaching the airport.
Sources stated India had moved out a complete of 565 stranded people from Afghanistan since evacuation flights began. This protected 175 employees of the Indian embassy, 263 different Indian nationals and 112 Afghan nationals, consisting of Hindus and Sikhs.