Amid the Afghanistan-Taliban crisis, an Indian Air Force (IAF) C-130J evacuation flight took off from Kabul with over 85 Indians on board, official sources said on Saturday.
"An Indian Air Force C-130J evacuation flight took off from Kabul with over 85 Indians on board. The aircraft landed in Tajikistan for refuelling. Indian government officials are helping in the evacuation of Indian citizens on the ground in Kabul," said sources. The government has been putting in coordinated efforts to bring back citizens safely.
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After the capture of Kabul earlier this week, the IAF operated two sorties of the C-17 Globemaster after getting clearance from the US forces at the airport there and brought back around 180 officials, ITBP staffers and a few journalists.
The IAF has already evacuated about 180 Indian passengers. The Afghanistan government collapsed on August 15 with President Ashraf Ghani fleeing the country and the Taliban's entry into the capital.
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