Amid the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan, The evacuees consisted of 168 passengers in total, including 107 Indians and some 20 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus.
A C-17 aircraft of the Indian Air Force arrived from Kabul at the Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad around 10 am on Sunday, carrying 168 passengers. The evacuees included 107 Indians and some 20 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, according to people familiar with the matter. The flight took off from Kabul earlier in the day, as notified at the moment by the spokesperson for the Union ministry of external affairs (MEA), Arindam Bagchi.
#WATCH | 168 passengers, including 107 Indian nationals, arrive at Hindon IAF base in Ghaziabad from Kabul, onboard Indian Air Force's C-17 aircraft Passengers are yet to come out of the airport as they will first undergo the #COVID19 RT-PCR test.#Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/x7At7oB8YK
? ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2021
"Evacuation continues!" Bagchi tweeted on Sunday. "IAF special repatriation flight with 168 passengers on board, including 107 Indian nationals, is on its way to Delhi from Kabul." The passengers on the IAF repatriation flight were not immediately allowed to leave the aircraft, media reported the same, as they are to first undergo the RT-PCR test for the coronavirus disease.
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