Afghanistan crisis: India evacuates another 75 Sikhs from Kabul
"Update from Afghanistan- Another 75 Sikhs are being evacuated today from Kabul via Dushanbe who will arrive in India late night today. We thank PM Office India and Ministry of External Affairs for their massive support," DSGMC chief Manjinder Singh Sirsa said said in a tweet.
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Amid the Afghanistan crisis, people are in rush to leave the nation after the Taliban seized control last week. On August 15, the country's government fell soon after President Ashraf Ghani left the nation.
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Countries have been evacuating their citizens from the war-torn nation. Meanwhile, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs had said the government was committed to ensuring the safe return of all Indian nationals from Afghanistan.
Earlier, an Indian Air Force (IAF) C-130J evacuation flight took off from Kabul with over 85 Indians on board on Saturday.
India had earlier also picked up its consulate staff from Kandahar after the town was about to be taken over by the Taliban terrorists. The Indian officials from the Kandahar consulate had later stationed themselves in the Kabul embassy and were overseeing work from there.
-PTC News
