An Air India flight with around 129 passengers has left the capital city of Afghanistan, Kabul for Delhi. Air India sources informed that a similar flight will leave for Kabul on Monday morning to continue the process of evacuation of the Indian nationals stuck in the Afghan capital which at present is facing disfunctional banks and surrender of the traffic police in various parts of the capital.
It was reported, “the AI 244 took off at 6.06 p.m. on Sunday from the Kabul airport.” The passengers also include diplomats and security officials posted in the Indian embassy of Kabul. Besides, the official said that the next flight for Kabul is scheduled to take off at 8.50 a.m. on Monday.
Since US army has pulled out from the war-ravaged country, Taliban in the past few weeks, has been bringing provinces under its control raising concerns globally.As the situation in Afghanistan continued to turn from bad to worse with intense fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban, several Indian nationals, including diplomats have been evacuated from the country.
The situation in Kabul is “extremely fluid and unpredictable,” said officials here on Sunday as Air India operated a commercial flight that evacuated 129 passengers. The aircraft, AI 243, faced difficulty while landing in Kabul and had to circle over the Afghan capital for some time as countries raced against time to evacuate their citizens as the Taliban fighters took over.
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