Escape from Taliban: 300 Indians likely to be brought back from Afghanistan today

Updated : Aug 22, 2021 08:27
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Editorji News Desk

Around 300 Indian nationals are expected to be brought back home from Afghanistan on Sunday as part of India's evacuation mission.

Reports on Saturday said that around 150 Indian citizens questioned by the Taliban are now safe in the facility guarded by US troops.

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Eighty-seven Indians were on Saturday taken to Tajikistan capital Dushanbe from Kabul on board a military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force. The group was brought back to Delhi in a special Air India flight early on Sunday.

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted that two Nepalese citizens were also evacuated on board the Air India flight.

Separately, the Indian embassy in Qatar said 135 Indians, who were evacuated from Kabul to Doha in the last few days, are being sent to India.

 

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