Difficult exercise’: India brings back envoy, staff from Kabul
India on Tuesday ght back that its ambassaand staff at the embassy in ul even as a second C-17 emaster heavy lift aircraft off from the Afghanistan tal with more than 150 peon board. he focus now would be to re the safe return of all an nationals from Kabul in of the prevailing situation e country, the ministry of rnal affairs (MEA) said. n Monday, another C-17 airhad brought back some 40 le, including diplomats and rity personnel, before operaat Kabul airport were sused and control of the aire over the city was handed to the military. a tweet, external affairs ster S Jaishankar said the ement from Kabul to India a “difficult and complicated” cise and thanked all those se cooperation and facilitamade it possible n view of the prevailing cirstances, it has been decided our Ambassador in Kabul his Indian staff will move to a immediately,” external rs ministry spokesperson dam Bagchi tweeted. mbassador Rudrendra Tanhad taken up his assignment bul in August last year, and le familiar with developts said on condition of anoity that the decision to bring the envoy and diplomatic was made because of the eption that their security d not guaranteed in the an capital. ter his return, Tandon said e Indian citizens are still in anistan and Air India will inue operating flights from ul as long as the airport e remains functional. We are continuously monig the situation because e are still some Indian citiwho are there. That is why ndia will continue to run its