Beleagavi / Gadag: Three Indo-Tibetan Border Police Personnel (ITBP) from North Karnataka returned home from Afghanistan who was torn war, greatly relieved their family.
The three intended individuals have been deployed as command, part of the security team at the Indian Embassy in Kabul, which was attacked after the Taliban seized power in the Afghan capital.
Dastgir Mulla from Chikkodi, Manjunath Maali from Bagalkot and Ravi Nilagar from Gadag, has worked in Kabul since 2019, and is currently quarantined in New Delhi.
Maali told Ti The Harrowing Experience they experienced when the embassy came attacked.
“We were attacked four times when we were on the Kabul airport journey from the embassy,” Maali said.
Senior diplomatic and command officials left Afghanistan with special flights on August 16.
Mulla Ravoof’s wife, who in eight months of pregnancy, has called her panic since August 13, can’t wait to learn about the situation.
Mulla said that, while cases of violence often occurred in Afghanistan, the situation changed very chaotic after the Taliban seized power in the capital.
“People can be seen running on the streets, and people can hear shots fired every 30 minutes.
Taliban do not want people at the Indian Embassy away because they want to negotiate with our government.
When they learned that we were evacuating the embassy, they were Gheroo to Office and start shooting in the air.
We defend the embassy, and do not allow them to enter the office, “added Mulla.
His wife Ravoof was very happy to hear his voice across the phone when Mulla called him from Delhi.
The command, who arrived in Gujarat from Kabul, went to New Delhi by road, where they were quarantined.
They are expected to stay for a month in the national capital, where they will complete the necessary formalities, before traveling to Karnataka.
In the village of Baaganur in Gadag, the Ravi Neelagar family is a joy not being bound to their child’s safe learning from Afghanistan.
Neelagar has worked as a police officer with the ITBP for the past 13 years, and posted to Afghanistan in October 2019.
Not without the heart awaited by the Neelagar family after they learned about the Taliban takeover.
They remember the attack on the 200 army contingent, which will be flown on August 17, by Taliban militants.
Only when they talked with Neelagar on video calls on Saturday that they sighed relieved.
He is expected to return home so the quarantine period ends.
Ms.
Neelagar Neelavva, Yelvva’s wife and Son Santosh, who were in Hulkoti Village, expressed their excitement about hearing back to India.
– (With input from Sangamesh to use it)