Two flights with Indians evacuated from Kabul land in Delhi, more to be back today

Updated : Aug 22, 2021 09:12
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Editorji News Desk

Two flights carrying Indians evacuated from Kabul landed in Delhi from Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe and Qatar's Doha on Sunday morning.

A third special repatriation flight by the Indian Air Force - carrying 168 passengers, including 107 Indians - is on its way to Delhi from Kabul.

Reports said there are some 20 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus are also on their way to India on the special Air Force plane. Afghanistan lawmaker Narender Singh Khalsa is among the 23 Afghan Sikhs on the C-17 aircraft.

India has already evacuated 200 of its citizens, including the Indian envoy and other staffers of its embassy in Kabul after the Taliban seized control of the Afghan capital on August 15. The first evacuation flight brought back more than 40 people, mostly staff at the Indian embassy, on Monday. The second C-17 aircraft evacuated around 150 people, including Indian diplomats, officials, security personnel, journalists and some stranded Indians from Kabul on Tuesday.

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