Mangaluru: “Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan there was tension around.
We have been waiting to go home.
In the first week of August, we were told to keep the bag get ready for evacuation.
We never expected to go suddenly,” said Prasad Anand, 40 , at his residence in Kaneer Tota near Thokottu on Monday.
Prasad works as an accountant in Kabul.
He arrived in Delhi from Qatar on Sunday and reached Mangaloru on Monday morning.
He told TOI: “I have been in Afghanistan since 2013 and has no problems.
However, the Taliban took over, there was uncertainty and tension.
Of the approximately 130 employees who worked for companies based in the UK, at Hamid Karzai International Airport, NATO bases , 35 Indians.
NATO evacuation is set and we are flown by the C-17 aircraft.
We are worried if there will be a visa problem or permission in Qatar.
The company guarantees that they will take care of everything and do it.
We spend about three days in Qatar and even given Exceptions of the RT-PCR test.
Representatives from the Indian Embassy in Qatar are constantly with us and take care of us well and ensure that we boarded a plane based in India and even gave us food.
We landed in Delhi on Sunday at 5 am, But there is a delay in testing RT PCR in Delhi, “he said.
Prasad said that he had to start looking for employment opportunities.
His wife Bhavila said, “We have spent one week in tension and uncertainty and pray for a safe return.
Our children are Daivik, 9, and MedanSH, 3, excited about the return of their father.” Murali Raj, his brother, and the entrepreneur said , “Television reports make us worry.
Our family and friends continue to ask about their safety.
When he told him that he had taken a flight to Mangaluru, we were relieved.
“Meanwhile, four other Mangalureant including Poojary Jagadish from Moodbidri, Dinesh Rai from Bajpe, Desmond David D’Souza from Kinnigoli and Shravan Anchan from Urva is expected to land around 8:30 a.m.
on Monday.