Mangaluru: SOS Message shared by the Jesuit Priest FR Jerome Sequeira, 52, who came from Siddakatte near Moodbidri in Mangaluru, who has been stranded in Afghanistan, to his colleagues, “This morning I managed to reach the airport and it was extraordinary.
The Taliban had taken Position on the road and also at the airport.
I have to drag my luggage in the middle of a large crowd and vehicle on the road.
Thousands of people tried to escape.
I managed to reach the second gate at the airport, but then the Taliban began shooting in the air, to control the crowd .
Before I arrived at the airport, thousands of people had managed to enter the airport building, but the airport staff had left the place.
People go to the plane without a security check or boarding pass.
“He also shared in his message that Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) activities It has been suspended for an unlimited period of time in Afghanistan.
His family said that he was in touch with them, and that they prayed to return to India.
Family members close to Imam told Ti that FR Jerome was safe.
“At this time this tribulation, we don’t want to divulge more information about its conditions and existence,” said family members.
FR Jerome Heads JRS, an international NGO in Kabul, since January 2021.
When FR Jerome has spoken with his brother by telephone on Tuesday morning, he told him he lived close to Kabul Airport.
FRIALS FR Jerome also contacted the community of Jesus, who is now in touch with MEA officials and Indian Embassy in Afghanistan.