New Delhi: Taliban rule has once again come to Afghanistan. After the capture of the Taliban, there is an atmosphere of panic and fear among the citizens of Afghanistan. Everyone wants to leave the country. All the countries are currently engaged in evacuating their citizens and officials from Afghanistan. Meanwhile, a special of the Indian Air Force reached Kabul on Monday. According to the Indian government, arrangements for emergency evacuation have already been made for the safety of the Indians living in Afghanistan and the officials working in the Kabul embassy. The plane arriving on Monday will now return to India with the officials of the embassy.
According to the news of PTI, a fleet of C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force has been kept on standby for the evacuation of people from Afghanistan at any time. It is being told that one aircraft was sent to the war-torn country on Sunday, while the other took off from Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad on Monday.
200 officers waiting to return
According to the news of the Hindustan Times, at least 200 Indian officials related to diplomacy and security in Afghanistan are currently waiting to come to India. An official said on the condition of anonymity that the biggest challenge at this time is to take Indian employees from the embassy premises to the airport.
Let us inform that earlier after the firing at Kabul airport, Air India had canceled the Delhi-Kabul-Delhi flights to avoid the airspace of Afghanistan. At present, Air India is the only airline operating flights between India and Afghanistan. On Monday, two flights from the US to Delhi were diverted to Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, an official said. Along with the San Francisco-Delhi flight, the Chicago-Delhi flight was also diverted towards Sharjah.
On Monday, a shooting incident came to light at the Kabul airport, in which five people were killed. It is not yet clear how the victims died. If sources are to be believed, America has tightened security to evacuate its officers present in Kabul.
