Nine Indians, including two Afghan MPs, were repatriated from Afghanistan

(PTI) New Delhi, Dt

Hundreds of people are fleeing the country for fear of security in their regime after the Taliban took over Afghanistan while countries including India, US, Britain are expelling their citizens from Afghanistan. Nine Indians, including two Afghan MPs, were flown to India on Sunday on three separate flights as part of a campaign to repatriate their citizens.

The Indian Air Force's C-17 heavy-lift military transport plane brought 15 Afghan Sikhs and 18 people, including Hindus and 108 Indians, from Kabul to the Hindu airbase near Delhi. Three Indians and another group of two Nepalese nationals were brought to India on a special Air India flight from Dushanbe. The men were flown from Kabul to the Tajik capital yesterday on an Air Force 150J transport plane.

In addition, 12 Indians who were flown from Kabul to Doha on US and NATO planes in the last few days were flown to Delhi from the Qatari capital on a special flight on Sunday. Sources involved in the mission to evacuate Indian nationals from Afghanistan said the 12 people brought to India from Kabul included Afghan MPs Anarkali Honaryar and Narendrasinh Khalsa and their families.

As many as 40 people have arrived in India from Kabul in the past one week as part of a drive to evacuate people from Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the city on Sunday. India, with the help of the US and some other allies, is carrying out a mission to get people out of Afghanistan. More than 200 Indians are still believed to be trapped in Afghanistan.

A small group of Indian officials and some other Indians are expected to be brought to India from Kabul airport on Monday. However, it all depends on how many Indians as well as people of Indian descent arrive at Kabul airport. Those involved in the mission in Kabul say Afghan nationals with Indian visas are facing Taliban probe.

Two Indian Air Force flights on Monday and Tuesday repatriated 200 people, including Indian ambassadors, officials, security personnel and some Indians, after the Taliban captured Kabul last Sunday.