Indian military aircraft set to fly out 180 from Afghanistan today
New Delhi: India was set to evacuate up to 180 people, including its nationals and Afghan citizens, in a military aircraft from Afghanistan on Wednesday ahead of the looming August 31 deadline for withdrawal of US and foreign troops.
Indian officials have been working in trying circumstances to get all Indian nationals who have been traced and Afghan citizens, including Hindus and Sikhs, to the Kabul airport in the face of assertions by the Taliban that they would not allow the evacuation of Afghans.
The desperate evacuation operations at Kabul by all countries have picked up pace after the Taliban warned that the US must adhere to the deadline for pulling out all its troops.
