Afghan MP Narender Singh Khalsa Breaks Down After Reaching India, Says 'Everything's Over'
Afghanistan's Member of Parliament Narender Singh Khalsa breaks down as he reaches India from Kabul. Says, everything's finished.
As part of India's evacuation plan, more than 20 Afghan Sikhs, including Afghanistan Member of Parliament Narender Singh Khalsa were rescued from the Taliban in Kabul by the Indian Air Force on Saturday.
The Indian Air Force's C-17 aircraft that took off from Afghanistan's Kabul earlier landed at Hindon IAF base in Ghaziabad. The flight today included 168 people, including 107 Indian nationals who were on board the aircraft.
Evacuation continues!
¡ª Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) August 22, 2021
IAF special repatriation flight with 168 passengers onboard, including 107 Indian nationals, is on its way to Delhi from Kabul. pic.twitter.com/ysACxClVdX
While speaking to the media, Afghan MP Narender Singh Khalsa thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Indian Government and the Indian Air Force for rescuing him and the Afghan Sikh minority community from the Taliban.
#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
¡ª Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) August 21, 2021
However, while talking about the Taliban's control over Afghanistan, Khalsa broke down to tears. In a video clip shared by ANI, he said, "Everything that was built in the last 20 years is now finished. It's zero now."
#WATCH | Afghanistan's MP Narender Singh Khalsa breaks down as he reaches India from Kabul.
¡ª ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2021
"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
People on the internet were saddened to see this clip and sympathised with the people of Afghanistan.
It's like 1947 partition time for many...very sad n now it's irreparable loss to them. They have to now start from scratch. This is a big human tragedy.
¡ª Man Mohan Raj (@mmraj128_man) August 22, 2021
?????? ????? ?? ???? ??? ??? ?? ?? , ??? ?? ?????? ????? ?????? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???
¡ª Divya Parihar (@WSTOP79336439) August 22, 2021
I feel so sad for them... losing everything ??
¡ª KTPtalks (@KtPtalks) August 22, 2021
Feeling sad for such people ?
¡ª Sumeet Singh (@SumeetkrSingh) August 22, 2021
I hope they receive necessary support from Indians ??
It¡¯s so devastating to leave your own place ,that too under pressure . Think of pandits of kashmir they had to leave their own country .
¡ª Kartik Kumar (@ImKartikKumaar) August 22, 2021
His father, Avtar Singh, was killed in a 2018 terror attack in Jalalabad. He was running for the elections in October that year. The Islamic State had taken responsibility for the same.
Besides Indian Air Force, a special Air India flight carrying 87 Indians from Afghanistan¡¯s Kabul also left for Delhi early on Sunday. The Indians were taken to Tajikistan¡¯s capital of Dushanbe from Kabul on board a transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday.
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