Evacuees from Kabul thank Indian govt as they land at Hindon

A sense of relief and gratitude was palpable among the evacuees from Afghanistan as they landed at Ghaziabad’s Hindon airbase on Sunday morning, after days of uncertainty following Kabul’s fall to the Taliban.

A total of 168 people, including 107 Indians and 23 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, were flown from Kabul to the Hindon airbase in a C-17 heavy-lift military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF).

Meanwhile, the evacuees thanked the Indian government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian Air Force for the rescue operation.