Senator Narender Singh Khalsa burst into tears upon landing in New Delhi on Sunday. He was one of 168 passengers India evacuated from Kabul.
When asked about the situation in Kabul, Senator Narender Singh Khalsa collapsed. (Image: Videograb)
An Afghan senator was among them 168 passengers evacuated by IAF when they tried to flee Afghanistan, which is now under the control of the Taliban. Senator Narender Singh Khalsa burst into tears upon landing in New Delhi on Sunday.
When asked about the situation in Kabul, Senator Narender Singh Khalsa collapsed.
“I want to cry … Everything that has been built in the last 20 years is now ready. It’s now zero,” he told reporters at Hindon Air Base near Delhi, where the IAF planes landed this morning are.
#SEE | Afghan MP Narender Singh Khalsa collapses as he reaches India from Kabul.
“I want to cry … Everything that has been built in the last 20 years is now ready. Now it’s zero,” he says. pic.twitter.com/R4Cti5MCMv
-ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2021
The C-17 carried 168 passengers, including 107 Indians, from Kabul to New Delhi amid the tense security situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the country.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi tweeted, “The evacuation continues! IAF special return flight with 168 passengers on board, including 107 Indian nationals, is en route from Kabul to Delhi. “
Evacuation continues!
IAF special return flight carrying 168 passengers, including 107 Indian nationals, is en route from Kabul to Delhi. pic.twitter.com/ysACxClVdX– Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) August 22, 2021
US forces controlling Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul have approved India will operate two flights a day to evacuate its stranded citizens from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
In the meantime, seven Afghan civilians killed in the crowd near Kabul airport as desperate Afghan and foreign nationals tried to flee the country.
The UK Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Sunday that “conditions on the ground remain extremely challenging, but we are doing everything we can to handle the situation as safely as possible.”
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