'Praying for peace and safety': Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan extends support to people of Afghanistan amid crisis situation

'Praying for peace and safety': Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan extends support to people of Afghanistan amid crisis situation

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 08:16 PM IST
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Shikhar Dhawan | Photo: Twitter

With many praying and extending help amid the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan on Tuesday also prayed for the people of Afghanistan who have been suffering from the Talibanese.

In a tweet, Mr Dhawan wrote, "Praying for the people of Afghanistan. Praying for peace and safety."

India on Tuesday rushed back home its ambassador and staff from the embassy in Kabul in a military transport aircraft in the wake of escalating tension, fear and uncertainty gripping the Afghan capital after its take over by the Taliban two days back.

The C-17 Globemaster aircraft of the Indian Air Force carrying around 150 people, including diplomats, officials, security personnel and some stranded Indians, landed at the Hindon airbase near the national capital at around 5 PM after a brief halt at Jamnagar in Gujarat. It is the second evacuation flight as another C-17 aircraft brought back around 40 people from the Hamid Karzai International (HKI) Airport in Kabul on Monday as part of India's emergency evacuation mission that was carried out following coordination with relevant authorities including US officials handling security at the airport in the Afghan capital.

It is the second time that India evacuated all its staff from the embassy in Kabul after a similar exercise was carried out in 1996 when the Taliban first captured power.

On Monday, another C-17 aircraft had evacuated around 40 people including a number of Indian embassy staff from Kabul before the operations at the airport in the city were suspended.

The two military aircraft flew into Kabul using the Iranian airspace while avoiding the route through the Pakistani airspace, the people cited above said.

The US military had taken control of the security at the airport on Monday after thousands of desperate people converged there in the hope of getting on an evacuation flight and leave the country.

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