Sikhs are coming to India from Dushanbe, Tajikistan by special Air India plane
25 more Sikhs returned to India on Tuesday amid the ongoing Taliban crisis in Afghanistan. There were 78 passengers in the Air India flight from Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on its return, they were welcomed by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. All the Sikhs came out of the airport with the Guru Granth Sahib on their heads. Let us tell you that even a day before this, Dushanbe had come from Kabul by Indian Air Force aircraft.
On Monday, India successfully evacuated 75 Sikhs from Afghanistan. The government said that this process will still continue. It was informed from the Ministry of External Affairs that 78 passengers, including 25 Sikhs, are being brought to New Delhi by special Air India aircraft from Dushanbe in Tajikistan. The ministry spokesperson had also posted a video of people from the Sikh community chanting ‘Wahe Guru ki Khalsa, Wahe Guru ki Fateh’.
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..Blessed to receive & pay obeisance to three holy Swaroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji from Kabul to Delhi a short while ago.@narendramodi @AmitShah @MEAIndia pic.twitter.com/91iX91hfR7
— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) August 24, 2021
Earlier, citizens who reached India had shared videos raising slogans of Bharat Mata Ki Jaya. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted that 78 people including three works of Guru Granth Sahib and 46 Afghan Sikh-Hindu will be evacuated by Indian Air Force. According to media reports, Puneet Singh Chandak, president of Indian World Farm, said that more than 200 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus are still trapped. All of them have taken shelter at Karte Parwan Gurdwara in Kabul, which is very close to the airport.
It is noteworthy that on Sunday also 540 civilians were evacuated by India from Afghanistan. During this, Afghan Sikhs were crossing the 10-km route of Kabul airport with the Guru Granth Sahib on their heads. They all had the fear of the Taliban in their hearts. There were check points for the Taliban every few times. In such a situation it was also very difficult to reach the airport. But in the end all of them had reached India safely.