21 Indians among passengers on France’s first evacuation flight from Kabul

Twenty-one Indian nationals were among passengers who boarded France’s first evacuation flight out of Kabul which took off on Tuesday, Emmanuel Lenain, the French ambassador to India, said in a tweet on Wednesday. The Indian passengers, Lenain said, were the “elite” Gurkha soldiers.

“The first French evacuation flight from Kabul yesterday included 21 Indian nationals: the elite Gurkhas who were ensuring the security of the French embassy. As discussed in call between ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian and S Jaishankar, France coordinated actively with India on Afghanistan, especially at the United Nations Security Council,” Lenain posted on his official Twitter account, tagging the French and Indian external affairs ministers.