At least 104 people from Afghanistan arrived in New Delhi on Friday under Operation Devi Shakti mission. The flight carried 10 Indians and 94 Afghan citizens of which 9 were children and three of those children were infants.
“Under Operation Devi Shakti, a special Kam Air flight arranged by India has arrived in New Delhi from Kabul. It has brought 10 Indians and 94 Afghans including members of the Afghan Hindu-Sikh minority community. Among the evacuees are 9 children, including 3 infants,” the spokesperson of the ministry of external affairs Arindam Bagchi said.
Operation Devi Shakti is aimed at bringing back Indians from Afghanistan following the takeover by the terrorist group after US withdrawal in August earlier this year.