New Delhi: India has been allowed to operate two flights per day from Kabul to evacuate citizens stranded in Afghanistan, government sources to Ani.
Permit has been given by the Atlantic American and North (NATO) agreement which has controlled the operation of Hamid Karzai International Airport after the Afghan capital fell to the Taliban on August 15.
Two aircraft India will be allowed to operate from Kabul Airport which is under the control of American security forces, said the government’s source to Ani.
A total of 25 flights were operated by them because of them, currently, focusing on the evacuation of residents, weaponry and their equipment.
More than 300 Indian citizens must be removed from Kabul who are now under the control of Taliban.
India is transferring its citizens through Dushanbe in Tajikistan and Qatar.
Air India flights are expected to land in India immediately with around 90 passengers.
Indian passengers seemed to be removed from Kabul on the C130J plane.
India’s first plane was allowed to operate from Kabul after the National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval interacts with his US partner Jake Sullivan to facilitate the movement of Indian officials in the American security zone at the airport.
The Indian Air Force has evacuated around 180 passengers including its ambassadors to Afghanistan and all other diplomats.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the Cabinet Committee meeting on Security (CCS) and instructed all relevant officials to do all the necessary steps to ensure safe evacuation from Indian citizens from Afghanistan in the coming days.
Meanwhile, MEA said the government was committed to a safe return of all Indian citizens from Afghanistan.
MEA said that the main challenge for travel to and from Afghanistan was the operational status of Kabul Airport.
The Taliban entered Kabul on Sunday and took control of the Presidential Palace.
The Indian government has monitored all developments in Afghanistan.