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India on Monday brought back 146 of its nationals in four different flights from Qatar’s capital Doha, days after they were evacuated from Afghanistan by NATO and American aircraft in sight of the deteriorating security situation within the war-torn country People conversant in the event said the Indians were flown back to Delhi as a part of India’s mission to evacuate its citizens and Afghan partners from Kabul following its takeover by the Taliban over every week back, they said.
It was the second batch of Indians to be brought back from Doha after their evacuation from Kabul A total of 135 Indians were flown back to Delhi from Doha during a special flight on Sunday.
Out of the second batch of Indians who returned home from Doha, 104 people were brought back during a Vistara flight, 30 by a Qatar Airways flight and 11 of them returned by an Indigo flight One person returned by an Air India flight, they said.
India on Sunday brought back 392 people including two Afghan lawmakers in three different flights under the evacuation mission amid a continued scramble by various countries to rescue their citizens from Kabul.
The total number of individuals evacuees included the primary batch of 135 Indians who were flown back from Doha.
It is learnt that the Indians evacuated to Doha from Kabul were employees of variety of foreign companies that were operating in Afghanistan and that they were flown out of Kabul by NATO and American aircraft.
The Taliban seized control of Kabul on Assumption . Within two days of the Taliban’s capture of Kabul, India evacuated 200 people, including the Indian envoy and other staffers of its embassy within the Afghan capital.
The first evacuation flight brought back over 40 people, mostly staffers at the Indian embassy, on August 16.
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