Mumbai: 143 Afghan citizens were sent from Pune in Maharashtra to Kabul in a special aircraft. Most of them were doing defense courses in Pune. These Afghan citizens were unable to visit their country since the lockdown started on 25 March. Earlier, the aircraft of Afghan airline KAM AIR with nine Indian nationals first landed at Pune airport.
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All these Indian citizens wanted to come to India from Afghanistan. Then this flight took 143 Afghan civilians and flew to Kabul. The flight came from Kabul to Pune via Delhi and traveled a total of 5,000 km. The purpose of this special aircraft of KAM AIR was to bring back its defense staff and some of its civilians stranded in India on behalf of the Government of Afghanistan.
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The 143 Afghan civilians consisted mostly of cadets of the National Defense Academy (NDA) and Afghan military officers doing defense courses in Pune. Some other Afghan students were also studying in Pune. Medical checkup of all passengers was done before boarding the plane. Kuldeep Singh, director of Pune airport, confirmed that KAM AIR's flight landed at the airport on Sunday afternoon.