Last two copies of Guru Granth Sahib to arrive in Delhi from Afghanistan’s Kabul today: Watch
1 year, 11 months ago

Last two copies of Guru Granth Sahib to arrive in Delhi from Afghanistan’s Kabul today: Watch

Op India  

The last two Saroops of Sri Guru Granth Sahib are currently onboard an unscheduled flight from Kabul in Afghanistan to Delhi, India. #WATCH | Kabul:A non-scheduled Kam Air flight, organised by Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee Amritsar,to arrive in Delhi from Kabul today. Last 2 Saroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib onboard with 3 members of Afghan Sikh community: Puneet Singh Chandhok, Pres Indian World Forum pic.twitter.com/A6rumtCQdd — ANI January 18, 2023 This flight was organised by Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee in Amritsar and the Saroops are accompanied by three members of Afghan Sikh community. Fearing persecution, the copies of Guru Granth Sahib have been flown in from Afghanistan after Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021.

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Afghan diplomats in Delhi reject Taliban-appointed CDA, block entry into mission
1 year, 7 months ago

Afghan diplomats in Delhi reject Taliban-appointed CDA, block entry into mission

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Afghan embassy in the Indian capital has become the scene of a tussle between diplomats of the former republic and the current set-up in Kabul, with the Taliban choosing an individual perceived as close to Haqqani Network leaders as chargé d’affaires. Trade counsellor Qadir Shah, who too was appointed by the previous administration and sent to New …

India-Kabul Ties: As Taliban & Pakistan Draw Swords, Can Delhi Maintain Stand?
1 year, 11 months ago

India-Kabul Ties: As Taliban & Pakistan Draw Swords, Can Delhi Maintain Stand?

The Quint  

The inroads that ISIS-KP were making into Afghanistan, had alarmed Russia, and the Central Asian countries, which had many of their citizens flock to Syria and Iraq to join the terror group there, and with the ascendancy of Taliban 2.0 becoming imminent, they established ties with the UN-proscribed group much before the Doha Agreements. Moscow, Beijing, Tehran, Ashkhabad had all …

Escape from the Taliban: How India evacuated 55 Sikhs from Afghanistan
2 years, 2 months ago

Escape from the Taliban: How India evacuated 55 Sikhs from Afghanistan

Firstpost  

The evacuated Sikhs came to India through a special aircraft operated by Ariana Afghan. With the grace of god, the last batch of 55 Sikhs and Hindu refugees from #Afghanistan landed in New Delhi safely Thanks to @MEAIndia for issuing E vizas & facilitating evacuation.We will rehablitate them under our programme#MyFamilyMyResponsibilty Also Thanks to @SGPCAmritsar pic.twitter.com/ytjec1IhVE — Vikramjit Singh MP …

55 Afghan Sikhs Arrive in Delhi Fearing Persecution; Taliban Stops Them from Bringing Sacred Texts
2 years, 2 months ago

55 Afghan Sikhs Arrive in Delhi Fearing Persecution; Taliban Stops Them from Bringing Sacred Texts

News 18  

The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan once again refused to let the Sikhs who left the war torn country fearing persecution carry the sacred scriptures of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and Sanchi Sahib. These scriptures have historical, cultural, religious and archaeological value and are highly revered by the Sikh community as well as by Indians across the country but the so-called …

Taliban butchered our hair in prison: Sikhs thank Modi govt for rescuing them from Afghanistan
2 years, 2 months ago

Taliban butchered our hair in prison: Sikhs thank Modi govt for rescuing them from Afghanistan

Op India  

On Sunday, the Sikh community heaped praise on the Modi government for rescuing them from the Taliban-controlled Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. About 43 community members stayed back in Afghanistan to look after the Holy book of ‘Guru Granth Sahib.’ The evacuation was undertaken by the Indian government with the help of the Indian World Forum and Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandak Committee. …

Taliban in Kabul: A year on, challenges remain
2 years, 4 months ago

Taliban in Kabul: A year on, challenges remain

Hindustan Times  

A year on from the power grab by the Taliban in Afghanistan, the two words that sum up the situation in a country blighted by decades of conflict are insecurity and uncertainty. But the world still gets occasional glimpses of the realities that ordinary Afghans are grappling with – such as heavily armed Taliban fighters firing in the air to …

Afghan Sikhs, Infant To Arrive In Delhi From Kabul As Sikh Body Evacuates Distressed Minorities
2 years, 5 months ago

Afghan Sikhs, Infant To Arrive In Delhi From Kabul As Sikh Body Evacuates Distressed Minorities

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandak Committee in coordination with the Indian World Forum and the Government of India are facilitating the evacuation of distressed Afghan minorities. On Thursday, a special commercial flight from Kabul operated by Kam Air will arrive in Delhi bringing 21 Afghan Sikhs to India. Last month, a special flight comprising 11 Afghan Sikhs from Kabul …

11 Afghan Sikhs to arrive in India with ashes of man killed in Kabul attack
2 years, 5 months ago

11 Afghan Sikhs to arrive in India with ashes of man killed in Kabul attack

Live Mint  

Eleven Afghan Sikhs will arrive in India on 30 June with the ashes of Sawinder Singh, who was killed in an attack on a Karte Parwan gurdwara in Kabul. The Islamic State terrorist group who claimed responsibility for the attack on the gurdwara in Afghanistan's capital that killed two people, including Sawinder Singh, called it "an act of support" for …

Guru Granth Sahib safely removed after terrorist attack at Gurdwara Karte Parwan in Kabul
2 years, 6 months ago

Guru Granth Sahib safely removed after terrorist attack at Gurdwara Karte Parwan in Kabul

India Today  

The holy book, Guru Granth Sahib, has been safely removed from Gurdwara Karte Parwan in Kabul where a terrorist attack took place today. According to sources, Afghan Sikhs entered the Gurdwara premises which was on fire to save the book. The holy book was removed safely from Gurdwara. Multiple blasts were reported at Gurdwara Karte Parwan in Kabul, Afghanistan.

India sends diplomats to Kabul for talks with the Taliban
2 years, 6 months ago

India sends diplomats to Kabul for talks with the Taliban

The Hindu  

​India has sent a multi-member team of senior diplomats to Afghanistan for the first time since the Indian Embassy in Kabul was evacuated in August 2021 following the arrival of the Taliban at the Afghan capital. During discussions with the Indian delegation held on Thursday, the Taliban urged India to reopen its embassy in Kabul, Suhail Shaheen, chief of the …

Anand K. Sahay | India’s return to a key role in Kabul: Ticklish issue emerges
2 years, 6 months ago

Anand K. Sahay | India’s return to a key role in Kabul: Ticklish issue emerges

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi is in an unenviable position in Afghanistan although that country has strategic significance for it. Subsequently, in a May 27 interview to an Indian television channel, the influential young Taliban leader Anas Haqqani, brother of Afghanistan’s powerful acting interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is deemed to be the de facto deputy head of state, disclosed that the Taliban …

Afghanistan’s last Sikhs in a dilemma: To stay or leave
2 years, 11 months ago

Afghanistan’s last Sikhs in a dilemma: To stay or leave

Al Jazeera  

Community leaders estimate just 140 Sikhs remain in the Taliban-ruled country, mostly in the eastern city of Jalalabad and capital Kabul. “But we are leaving out of sheer hopelessness.” In the 1970s, Afghanistan’s Sikh population numbered 100,000, but decades of conflict, poverty and intolerance have driven almost all of them into exile. “When this gurdwara was built 60 years ago, …

Taliban regime requests India to resume flight services with Afghanistan
3 years, 2 months ago

Taliban regime requests India to resume flight services with Afghanistan

Op India  

Afghanistan under the new Taliban regime has sent a letter to the government of India requesting to resume flight service between the two countries. The Acting Minister for Civil Aviation and Transport of Afghanistan, Alhaj Hamidullah Akhundzada wrote a letter on September 7 in this regard, addressed to India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Now in the letter sent to …

Taliban want resumption of flights between India and Afghanistan, write to DGCA | Exclusive
3 years, 2 months ago

Taliban want resumption of flights between India and Afghanistan, write to DGCA | Exclusive

India Today  

In a first such official communication between the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and India, the outfit has written to the government for resumption of flights between the two countries. The letter, addressed to Director General of Civil Aviation Arun Kumar, has been written by Alhaj Hameedullah Akhunzada, acting minister, Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority. Therefore, Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority requests you …

'In Touch with All Concerned', Says Govt on Reports of Kidnapping of an Indian in Kabul
3 years, 3 months ago

'In Touch with All Concerned', Says Govt on Reports of Kidnapping of an Indian in Kabul

News 18  

India on Thursday said it is in touch with all concerned following reports that an Indian national has been kidnapped from Kabul. We will continue to monitor the situation,” Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a media briefing. When specifically asked whether Arendeh is an Indian national, Bagchi said, “I am given to understand that he is …

Majority Indian nationals brought back from Afghanistan, situation being carefully monitored: MEA
3 years, 3 months ago

Majority Indian nationals brought back from Afghanistan, situation being carefully monitored: MEA

India Today  

The Ministry of External Affairs said a majority of Indian nationals who wished to return from Afghanistan have been brought back to India. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India's focus has been to evacuate its citizens who are stranded in Afghanistan, adding that the last evacuation flight had only about 40 people. Asked whether India will recognise …

Opinion | How Modi Govt emerged as a saviour of Afghans seeking to leave their country
3 years, 4 months ago

Opinion | How Modi Govt emerged as a saviour of Afghans seeking to leave their country

India TV News  

The situation in Kabul airport continues to be chaotic with the Taliban warning the US and its allies to complete all evacuation by August 31 or face consequences. The good news is that the Indian government, with the help of the Indian Air Force and airlines, is carrying out the evacuation of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims from Afghanistan. Union Minister …

India's Evacuation Drive from War-Torn Afghanistan Has A 'Durga Maa' Connect. Here's Why - News18
3 years, 4 months ago

India's Evacuation Drive from War-Torn Afghanistan Has A 'Durga Maa' Connect. Here's Why - News18

News 18  

India’s massive evacuation drive under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in violence-torn Afghanistan has been named ‘Operation Devi Shakti’, with several people in the know revealing interesting details about how the moniker came into being. India on Tuesday brought back 78 people, including 25 of its nationals and a number of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus from Dushanbe, a …

India evacuates 77 stranded persons from Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

India evacuates 77 stranded persons from Afghanistan

The Hindu  

A special flight of Air India arrived here on Tuesday morning carrying 77 people from Kabul, including 46 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus. Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan and the Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri received the Sikh holy books at the Delhi airport. “Blessed to receive and pay obeisance to three holy …

India evacuates over 800 people from Kabul under 'Operation Devi Shakti'
3 years, 4 months ago

India evacuates over 800 people from Kabul under 'Operation Devi Shakti'

India Today  

India's complex mission to evacuate its citizens and Afghan partners from Kabul after its swift takeover by the Taliban last week has been named as "Operation Devi Shakti". India began the complex evacuation mission by airlifting 40 Indians from Kabul to Delhi on August 16, a day after the Taliban seized control of the Afghan capital city. In the last …

Indian evacuated from Afghanistan praises Taliban on reaching home
3 years, 4 months ago

Indian evacuated from Afghanistan praises Taliban on reaching home

Op India  

On Sunday, an Indian national by the name of Tamal Bhattacharya sparked controversy after he praised the Taliban following his return to his home in Kolkata from Afghanistan. Screengrab of the report by ABP Ananda Netizens question the doublespeak of the rescued Indian national Netizens were aghast at the doublespeak of Tamal Bhattacharya. Twitter user, Vice President of BJP’s Mahila …

On board India's Kabul evacuation flight, 46 Afghan Sikhs, Hindus — and 3 copies of Guru Granth Sahib – Firstpost
3 years, 4 months ago

On board India's Kabul evacuation flight, 46 Afghan Sikhs, Hindus — and 3 copies of Guru Granth Sahib – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Also on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has instructed the Ministry of External Affairs to brief the floor leaders of political parties in view of recent developments in Afghanistan Three Indian nationals carrying three Sri Guru Granth Sahib are among the 46 Afghan Hindus and Sikhs expected to arrive in India on Monday as part of India’s evacuation mission in …

Over 260 Afghan Sikhs in Kabul Gurdwara Need Help in Evacuation, Says US Sikh Body
3 years, 4 months ago

Over 260 Afghan Sikhs in Kabul Gurdwara Need Help in Evacuation, Says US Sikh Body

News 18  

Jha Washington: Over 260 Sikhs have taken shelter at Gurdwara Karte Parwan in Kabul and need help in their evacuation, a US Sikh body said Sunday. "There are more than 260 Afghan citizens left at Gurudwara Karte Parwan in Kabul including women and over 50 children. "We are in communication with governments in the United States, Canada, Pakistan, Australia, New …

Over 260 Afghan Sikhs in Gurdwara Karte Parwan need help in evacuation, says US Sikh body
3 years, 4 months ago

Over 260 Afghan Sikhs in Gurdwara Karte Parwan need help in evacuation, says US Sikh body

Firstpost  

The United Sikhs said so far only India has helped evacuate Afghan Sikhs after the takeover of the country by the Taliban Washington: Over 260 Sikhs have taken shelter at Gurdwara Karte Parwan in Kabul and need help in their evacuation, a US Sikh body said Sunday. “There are more than 260 Afghan citizens left at Gurudwara Karte Parwan in …

IAF evacuates 75 Indians, 3 Guru Granth Sahib copies from Kabul to India
3 years, 4 months ago

IAF evacuates 75 Indians, 3 Guru Granth Sahib copies from Kabul to India

India Today  

India has been running special flights on a daily basis to evacuate its nationals from war-ravaged Afghanistan. The latest batch of evacuees are 75 people, including 46 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, who are being brought back to India from Kabul on an Indian Air Force aircraft on Monday, people coordinating the evacuation efforts with the Indian government said. READ: Nurse …

Kabuli Gurdwara: A sanctuary in Delhi for Afghan violence victims
3 years, 4 months ago

Kabuli Gurdwara: A sanctuary in Delhi for Afghan violence victims

Hindustan Times  

Guru Arjan Dev ji Gurdwara, located in a narrow lane in the bustling New Mahavir Nagar in the Tilak Nagar area is better known as ‘Kabuli Gurdwara’--- and not without reason. “ This gurdwara is manged and run by local Afghan community, and we have always helped Sikhs who arrive from Afghanistan, in every possible way. We are also taking …

Evacuees from Kabul thank Indian govt, PM Modi as they land at Hindon
3 years, 4 months ago

Evacuees from Kabul thank Indian govt, PM Modi as they land at Hindon

The Hindu  

A sense of relief and gratitude was palpable among the evacuees from Afghanistan as they landed at Ghaziabad’s Hindon airbase on Sunday morning, after days of uncertainty following Kabul’s fall to the Taliban. A total of 168 people, including 107 Indians and 23 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, were flown from Kabul to the Hindon airbase in a C-17 heavy-lift military …

Evacuees from Kabul Thank Indian Govt, PM as They Land at Ghaziabad's Hindon Airbase
3 years, 4 months ago

Evacuees from Kabul Thank Indian Govt, PM as They Land at Ghaziabad's Hindon Airbase

News 18  

A sense of relief and gratitude was palpable among the evacuees from Afghanistan as they landed at Ghaziabad’s Hindon airbase on Sunday morning, after days of uncertainty following Kabul’s fall to the Taliban. A total of 168 people, including 107 Indians and 23 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, were flown from Kabul to the Hindon airbase in a C-17 heavy-lift military …

Taliban Afghanistan Indian Evacuates 168 Evacuees Through Special IAF Aircraft Ghaziabad
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban Afghanistan Indian Evacuates 168 Evacuees Through Special IAF Aircraft Ghaziabad

ABP News  

New Delhi: An adorable video has surfaced from the 168 Indians who landed in India after being evacuated from Afghanistan. #WATCH | An infant was among the 168 people evacuated from Afghanistan's Kabul to Ghaziabad on an Indian Air Force's C-17 aircraft pic.twitter.com/DoR6ppHi4h — ANI August 22, 2021 The video seems to express the collective relief of the 168 evacuees …

'Everything is finished': Afghan MP, evacuated from Kabul, breaks down upon landing in India
3 years, 4 months ago

'Everything is finished': Afghan MP, evacuated from Kabul, breaks down upon landing in India

India TV News  

An Afghan parliamentarian who was evacuated from Kabul broke down after landing at Ghaziabad's Hindon air force base early on Sunday. The Sikh parliamentarian was among the 168 evacuees, including 23 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus onboard IAF's C-17 Globemaster aircraft that took off from Kabul airport earlier today. Earlier he had put out a video in which he thanked Prime …

Afghan Sikhs, Hindus among 392 airlifted from Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghan Sikhs, Hindus among 392 airlifted from Kabul

The Hindu  

India on Sunday airlifted 392 persons from Kabul in an operation that covered Indian citizens as well as Afghan nationals, including Sikhs and Hindus. Among those evacuated was Narender Pal Singh Khalsa, a member of Afghanistan's Parliament who said the Taliban have been undependable since they took over Kabul. They claimed that they were there to take away my official …

150 Indian nationals feared 'kidnapped' by Taliban in Kabul reach India safely
3 years, 4 months ago

150 Indian nationals feared 'kidnapped' by Taliban in Kabul reach India safely

Op India  

A day after it was reported that around 150 Indians were allegedly kidnapped by the Taliban from outside the Hamid Karzai International airport in Kabul, the stranded individuals were successfully rescued by the Indian Air Force on Sunday. Over 150 Indian nationals & 23 Afghan Sikhs/Hindus have taken off from Kabul at 5:30 am in an Indian Air Force C-17 …

392 Indians return home, recall horrors in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

392 Indians return home, recall horrors in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan

India Today  

As Kabul airport is now open for evacuation flights, more Indians are being rescued and evacuated from turmoil-hit Afghanistan. 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. A total of 168 individuals, including 107 Indians and 23 Afghan Sikhs …

Small group of Indian officials coordinating evacuation mission at Kabul airport
3 years, 4 months ago

Small group of Indian officials coordinating evacuation mission at Kabul airport

India Today  

A small group of Indian officials is coordinating the country's evacuation mission at the Kabul international airport amid continuing chaos and a challenging ground situation, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. India evacuated 200 people, including the Indian envoy and other staffers of its embassy in Kabul, in two C-17 heavy-lift transport aircraft of the IAF on Tuesday …

India brings back 168 people amid tense security situation in Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

India brings back 168 people amid tense security situation in Kabul

India Today  

Indian Air Force evacuated 168 people, including 107 Indians, from Kabul on Sunday amid deteriorating situation in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover of the nation a week back. IAF special repatriation flight with 168 passengers onboard, including 107 Indian nationals, is on its way to Delhi from Kabul." Arindam Bagchi tweeted, “We urge all Indian nationals in Afghanistan requiring assistance …

India allowed to operate two flights daily to evacuate citizens from Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

India allowed to operate two flights daily to evacuate citizens from Kabul

India TV News  

India has been allowed to operate two flights daily to evacuate its citizens stranded in Kabul amid the Afghanistan-Taliban crisis. The forces granted permission to India to operate two Indian aircrafts every day to Kabul on Saturday. An Indian Air Force transport aircraft which departed from the Kabul airport with some eminent Afghan leaders, including public representatives from the Hindu …

How Indians were evacuated from Kabul in a secret operation | Exclusive satellite images
3 years, 4 months ago

How Indians were evacuated from Kabul in a secret operation | Exclusive satellite images

India Today  

India's massive exfiltration operation, involving 130 people that mostly included Indian nationals, journalists, diplomats, embassy staff and security personnel in Kabul, has been caught on satellite imagery. READ: India brings back 120 embassy staff from Kabul, announces new e-visa for Afghans Satellite images provided by space firm Planet Labs provide the first visual evidence of the well-crafted operation in Kabul. …

How India evacuated Indian nationals amid Taliban patrol in Kabul | Inside details
3 years, 4 months ago

How India evacuated Indian nationals amid Taliban patrol in Kabul | Inside details

India Today  

A convoy of 14 vehicles, carrying around 120 people -- Indian nationals, journalists, diplomats, embassy staffers and security personnel -- left the Indian embassy in Kabul for Hamid Karzai International Airport in the wee hours of Tuesday. India Today has learnt that there were three main centres of operation: the Indian Embassy in Kabul, the Cabinet Secretary and Ministry of …

Air India to operate flights till Kabul airport remains functional: Indian envoy
3 years, 4 months ago

Air India to operate flights till Kabul airport remains functional: Indian envoy

Hindustan Times  

Some Indian citizens are still in Afghanistan and Air India will continue operating flights from Kabul as long as the airport there remains functional, Indian envoy Rudrendra Tandon said on Tuesday after his evacuation with other diplomatic staff. He added, “As you know, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan no longer exists and the situation is quite fluid now.” Asked about …

140 Indians fly home as govt. closes embassy in Kabul for now
3 years, 4 months ago

140 Indians fly home as govt. closes embassy in Kabul for now

The Hindu  

In all, 140 Indians, including the last of the Indian embassy staff, Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel and four mediapersons took off from the Kabul airport on board a special military flight on August 17 morning. A tense day followed, as Indian diplomats, led by Ambassador Rudrendra Tandon, coordinated with the new militia now in control of the capital and other …

As Kabul airport closes, India’s repatriation efforts ‘paused’
3 years, 4 months ago

As Kabul airport closes, India’s repatriation efforts ‘paused’

The Hindu  

Concerns about Indian diplomats, security personnel and citizens grew on Monday, as the Afghanistan airspace was shut down for commercial flights over chaotic scenes at the airport, as thousands of Afghans seeking to flee the country overran the tarmac at Kabul’s international airport. In meetings led by the Cabinet Secretary, officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of External …

Desperate scenes at Kabul airport as hundreds try to board plane after Taliban takeover | VIDEO
3 years, 4 months ago

Desperate scenes at Kabul airport as hundreds try to board plane after Taliban takeover | VIDEO

India TV News  

Afghanistan, Kabul Latest News: Fear and panic prevail in Afghanistan capital Kabul as people try to flee following the Taliban's dramatic takeover of the country less than a couple of weeks after the US security forces started to pull out from the country. The present situation in the country was well-defined in a video showing hundreds of people jostling to …

Govt keeps two Air India aircraft on standby for emergency evacuation from Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

Govt keeps two Air India aircraft on standby for emergency evacuation from Kabul

India TV News  

The government has asked Air India to put two aircraft on standby for emergency evacuations from Kabul. According to government sources, Air India has prepared a set crew for emergency operations from Kabul to Delhi. Meanwhile, Air India is expected to operate Delhi-Kabul-Delhi flight operations post-noon on Monday, news agency IANS reported. Further, President Ashraf Ghani along with National Security …

120 Indians to be brought back from Afghanistan soon: Govt
3 years, 4 months ago

120 Indians to be brought back from Afghanistan soon: Govt

India Today  

Around 120 Indians, who were stuck in different parts of Afghanistan, will be brought back to India in a day or two on an Indian Air Force aircraft, according to top government sources. GOVT MONITORING SITUATION: MEA India's Ministry of External Affairs, in a press conference on the situation in Afghanistan on Monday, said that the Government of India has …

India rushes to secure citizens in Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

India rushes to secure citizens in Afghanistan

Hindustan Times  

As Taliban fighters began entering Kabul on Sunday following the collapse of President Ashraf Ghani’s government, Indian authorities scrambled to pull out hundreds of diplomats and citizens still in Afghanistan. The speed of the Taliban’s advance into the capital again took most countries by surprise, though people familiar with developments said the Indian side was well prepared for all contingencies. …

India starts evacuating Indian nationals and diplomats from Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

India starts evacuating Indian nationals and diplomats from Afghanistan

Op India  

As the Taliban await the transfer of power after its militants entered the Afghan capital Kabul from all sides today seeking the unconditional surrender of the Afghanistan govt, India is looking at the speedy evacuation of its diplomatic personnel, along with most other countries including the USA. To bring back the Indians, an Air India flight AI-243 took off from …

India keeps fleet on standby to evacuate staff from Kabul as Taliban take charge: Reports
3 years, 4 months ago

India keeps fleet on standby to evacuate staff from Kabul as Taliban take charge: Reports

India Today  

The government has kept a fleet of C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force on standby to undertake any emergency evacuation missions. News agency PTI reported that people tracking developments in Afghanistan said India has prepared all contingencies and eventualities, including evacuating Indian citizens as well as its staff from the embassy in Kabul. Sources said India …

Kabul-Delhi Air India flight lands in Delhi as Taliban take over Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Kabul-Delhi Air India flight lands in Delhi as Taliban take over Afghanistan

India Today  

A Kabul-Delhi Air India flight -- which landed in the war-torn country on Sunday to evacuate stranded Indians -- landed in Delhi around 7.45pm. "The Air India flight has landed safely," said a senior government official. The Air India flight to Kabul was being operated under the air bubble with Afghanistan, sources added. India has put in place contingency plans …

India asks its nationals in Afghanistan to make travel arrangements to return back
3 years, 4 months ago

India asks its nationals in Afghanistan to make travel arrangements to return back

Live Mint  

India on Tuesday urged its nationals in Afghanistan to make immediate arrangements to return before air services are discontinued to their place of stay or travel given the deteriorating security situation in the country. All Indian nationals visiting, staying, and working in Afghanistan are strongly advised to keep themselves updated on the availability of commercial flights from various parts of …

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