Evacuation from Afghanistan: India brings back 392 people including 2 Afghan lawmakers

India on Sunday brought back home 392 people including two Afghan lawmakers in three different flights as part of its mission to evacuate Indians and Afghan partners from Kabul in the backdrop of increasing Taliban hostility and deteriorating security situation in the city after it fell to the militant outfit a week backSeparately 146 Indian nationals who were evacuated from Afghanistan to Doha are being repatriated to India on Sunday night the Indian embassy in Qatar said this eveningIn the morning a total of 168 people including 107 Indians and 23 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus were flown from Kabul to Hindon airbase near Delhi in a C17 heavylift military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force IAFAnother group of 87 Indians and two Nepalese nationals were brought back in a special Air India flight from Dushanbe a day after they were evacuated to the Tajikistan capital in an IAF 130J transport aircraft officials saidAs many as 135 Indians who were earlier evacuated from Kabul to Doha in the last few days by the US and NATO aircraft were flown back from the Qatari capital city to Delhi in a special flight they saidBringing Indians back from Afghanistan 2nd batch of 146 Indian nationals who were evacuated from Afghanistan to Doha being repatriated today to India the Indian mission in Qatar tweeted at around 8 PMAlso Read7 Afghans killed in chaos at Kabul airport British militaryThe 168 people evacuated from Kabul included Afghan lawmakers Anarkali Honaryar and Narender Singh Khalsa and their families people familiar with the evacuation mission saidIndia is our second home Even if we are Afghans and live in that country people often call us Hindustanis I thank India for extending its helping hand Khalsa told reporters at the Hindon airbase near DelhiI feel like crying Everything is finished It is a very difficult and painful decision to leave the country We have not seen such a situation Everything has been snatched away Its all over Khalsa said as he broke down when asked about the situation in AfghanistanWith Sundays evacuation the number of people brought back by India from Kabul reached around 590 since last MondayTaking to Twitter Farid Mamundzay Afghanistan ambassador to India thanked Indian friends for their messages of supportI appreciate the kind words of sympathy and support messages from all Indian friends and the diplomatic missions in New Delhi over the suffering of Afghans in the past few weeks particularly the last 78 daysThe avoidable suffering of Afghanistan is manmade and at a scale beyond all civilized contemplation Afghanistan is going through a difficult time and only good leadership compassionate attitude and international support to the Afghan people would somewhat bring an end to these miseries he tweetedIndia carried out the evacuation missions in coordination with the US and several other friendly countriesIt is learnt that a small group of Indian officials is coordinating the evacuation mission at the Kabul airport and another batch of Indians is expected to be brought back from the Afghan capital on MondayHowever it will depend on whether a sizeable number of Indians as well as Indianorigin people manage to reach the airportPeople familiar with the situation in Kabul said Afghan nationals who are having Indian visas are facing increasing scrutiny from the TalibanEvacuation continues IAF special repatriation flight with 168 passengers on board including 107 Indian nationals is on its way to Delhi from Kabul External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted hours before the plane landed at HindonIt is learnt that the Indians evacuated to Doha from Kabul were employees of a number of foreign companies that were operating in AfghanistanBringing Indians home from Afghanistan AI 1956 carrying 87 Indians departs from Tajikistan for New Delhi Two Nepalese nationals also evacuatedAssisted and supported by our Embassy IndEmbDushanbe More evacuation flights to follow Bagchi tweeted at around 120 AMTwo days after the Taliban seized control of Kabul India evacuated 200 people including the Indian envoy and other staffers of its embassy in Kabul in two C17 heavylift transport aircraft of the IAFThe first evacuation flight brought back over 40 people mostly staffers at the Indian embassy on Monday lastThe second C17 aircraft evacuated around 150 people including Indian diplomats officials security personnel and some stranded Indians from Kabul on TuesdayThe Taliban swept across Afghanistan this month seizing control of almost all key towns and cities including Kabul in the backdrop of the withdrawal of the US forcesFollowing the evacuation the MEA said the focus now would be to ensure the safe return of all Indian nationals from the Afghan capitalThe MEA said the immediate priority for the government is to obtain accurate information about all Indian nationals currently staying in AfghanistanIt also requested the Indians as well as their employers to urgently share relevant details with the special Afghanistan cell that was set up on August 16Sources said the cell received more than 2000 phone calls and answered over 6000 WhatsApp queries during the first five days of its operation The cell answered more than 1200 emails during the periodAccording to a rough estimate last week the number of Indians stranded in Afghanistan could be around 400 and India has been looking at ways to evacuate them including by coordinating with the US and other friendly countriesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever