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India Tuesday evacuated its entire embassy — including the Indian ambassador. A special Indian Air Force aircraft with 130 diplomats and around 20 Indians stranded in Afghanistan, landed in Jamnagar earlier in the day. (Express photo)
The C-17 aircraft of the Indian Air Force took off for India at around 11 am from the Kabul airport with over 120 people including Indian ambassador Rudrendra Tandon and other officials and security personnel from the embassy. (Express photo)
This is the second time since 1996 that India has evacuated its mission in Kabul — both times after the Taliban came to power. On Monday, another C-17 aircraft had evacuated around 40 people including some Indian embassy staff from Kabul before the operations at the airport in the city were suspended. (Express photo)
A contingent of 99 ITBP commandos along with three sniffer dogs were also among the evacuees on board the C-17 Globemaster aircraft of the IAF that landed at the Hindon airbase near the national capital at around 5 PM after a brief halt at Jamnagar in Gujarat. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
A woman comes out of the Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
ITBP personnel leave the Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
Meanwhile, the Union Home Ministry Tuesday announced a new category of visa to fast-track the applications of Afghans who want to come to India in view of the prevailing situation in Afghanistan. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
On Monday, the MEA had said that it was monitoring the situation “on a constant basis at high levels” and is “in constant touch with the representatives of Afghan Sikh and Hindu communities”. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
