The Taliban enforced a curfew in Kabul yesterday (AFP/Satellite tv for pc Picture Maxar Applied sciences)
New Delhi:
Two Indian Air Pressure C-17 transports flew into Kabul on August 15 to evacuate Indian embassy personnel, together with Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel who defend the mission, sources have mentioned. Particulars of the difficult and difficult circumstances beneath which the Indian mission employees had been evacuated have now emerged.
The safety state of affairs within the intervening evening of August 15-16 deteriorated sharply and no evacuations turned attainable then, sources mentioned. The Indian embassy was reportedly additionally beneath remark by the Taliban and the high-security Inexperienced Zone was breached.
The Taliban terrorists raided the Shahir Visa Company, which processes visas for Afghans trying to journey to India, sources mentioned.
The primary batch of 45 Indian personnel who had been evacuated on the primary IAF plane yesterday had been initially stopped by Taliban sentries on their method to the airport, they mentioned.
The non-public belongings of some Indian employees members had been taken away by the Taliban terrorists as they proceeded to the airport, sources have mentioned.
Chaos unfolded at Kabul airport yesterday when 1000’s got here there hoping to catch a flight out
The primary Indian transport plane that left Kabul yesterday took off beneath very difficult circumstances given the chaos at Kabul airport the place 1000’s of determined Afghans had arrived within the hope of flying overseas.
The remaining members of the Indian diplomatic and safety contingent had been unable to evacuate yesterday for the reason that path to the airport was closed and there were mobs at the airport.
An in a single day dialog between the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Overseas Minister S Jaishankar might have helped in shifting the Indian personnel to Kabul airport this morning.
All of the remaining Indian mission members – over 120 of them – together with Ambassador Rudrendra Tandon, boarded the second IAF C-17 and safely left Afghan airspace this morning and can arrive shortly.
