Marking the first instance of civilians being rescued from the conflict zone, the evacuation comes barely a few days after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke with his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on Tuesday
The evacuees were received by Union Minister Narayan Rane at the airport. Earlier today, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar informed via Twitter that two other flights - one from Romania s Bucharest, one from Hungary s Budapest - have departed for Delhi carrying a total of 434 evacuees.
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From being captured to witnessing explosions from metres away, Shivang Dave and his wife recount their fraught escape from Kabul amid Taliban takeover.