It has been five days since Rajesh Pandey returned safely from Afghanistan and with his family now in the village of Jaanpur Mudiyari from Bansdih, Ballia, but a terrible memories of Bedam in Kabul, bombings and shots after the Taliban took over to haunt him.
“On many occasions, I lost all the hope of being able to return home and meet my family again.
But, thanks to the Indian government, I can reach my house safely,” said Rajesh, mentioning how the memory of the turmoil in Kabul was still haunting him.
Rajesh works in a manufacturing company of iron grilles only seven km from Kabul.
He went to Kabul on February 22 this year to work and return on August 23, but the fear of the Taliban was still proven on his face.
Remembering the last few days that were terrible in Kabul before he was evacuated by the government, Rajesh now did not want to return to Afghanistan again.
Given his stay in Kabul after the Taliban took over, said Rajesh, “there was anarchy state.
I have to fight for more than 10 hours to cover eight km to reach the airport.
It was scary with bombing and fire around.” “I moved in a group of people India returned home.
We were only a hundred meters from the airport when the Taliban kidnapped around 150 Indian citizens and took them to a remote place on August 21, “Rajesh said.
“The more difficult time is to wait for my passport to be examined.
The process takes more than five hours because everyone’s passport is being checked at one point.
At that time, I felt I would not be able to return home to stay alive.
We sighed relieved when the passport We were examined and we entered Kabul Airport, “he added.