Afghan MP Narendra Singh Khalsa was amongst the people who were evacuated from Afghanistan by the Indian Air Force today morning. After his arrival at the Hindon airbase near Delhi, he broke down tasing to reporters saying that every progress that was made in the past 20 years has now been completely lost. ANI shared a video of the interview on Twitter. 

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"I feel like crying...We have never seen this kind of situation in Afghanistan and now that we are seeing it, everything is over. Even the government that was built in the last 20 years is finished. Everything is zero now,” Singh said talking to the press.

#WATCH | Afghanistan's MP Narender Singh Khalsa breaks down as he reaches India from Kabul.

"I feel like crying...Everything that was built in the last 20 years is now finished. It's zero now," he says. pic.twitter.com/R4Cti5MCMv

The Afghan senator was amongst the 168 passengers that were evacuated from Afghanistan today morning. Out of the 168 passengers, 107 were onboard the aircraft. All passengers that arrived from Kabul will be undergoing a mandatory COVID-19 RT-PCR test before being allowed to leave the airport. 

#BREAKING: Afghan MP Narender Singh Khalsa thanks Indian Prime Minister @narendramodi, Indian Government & Indian Air Force for rescuing him and Afghan Sikh minority community from Taliban in Kabul tonight. His father Avtar Singh was killed in a 2018 terror attack in Jalalabad. pic.twitter.com/c5UaNJH8tu

Narender Singh Khalsa also thanked Prime Minister Modi, the Indian Air Force and the Indian government for rescue him and the Afghan Sikh community from the Taliban. Singh was one of two minority MPs that were evacuated from Afghanistan from a group of 72 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus. Khalsa’s father, Avtar Singh was killed in a 2018 terror attack by the Islamic State in Jalalabad. Narender Singh Khalsa was running for elections that year. 

India has already enacted 200 of its citizens from Afghanistan including diplomats, embassy staff and civilians. India has been allowed to operate two flights per day from Hamid Karzai International Airport to evacuate its citizens from Afghanistan. 

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The first evacuation flight rescued over 40 people and were transported in a C-17 heavy-lift transport aircraft. The second flight evacuated 150 people that included stranded Indians, journalists, diplomats and security personnel earlier this week. 

Yesterday it was reported that over 150 people were picked up the Taliban near the airport out of which most were Indian nationals. They were taken to a nearby police station for questioning and inspection of travel documents. 

Source: ANI

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