Another batch of 78 people evacuated from Kabul are on way to Delhi from Dushanbe where they were flown in first from Afghanistan.
The passengers include both Indian and Afghan nationals. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted a video of passengers raising Sikh religious slogans onboard the Air India flight from Dushanbe.
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India has been evacuating its nationals and also Afghan Sikhs and Hindus from Kabul after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on August 15. Over 700 people, including some Afghan lawmakers, have been brought to Delhi as part of the evacuation mission.
India had shut down it embassy in Kabul after the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital and had flown in its staff, diplomats and security personnel on August 16.