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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)

Mangaluru, Aug 19: With Afghanistan being taken over by Taliban, many Indians are stuck in the country from the city. Their respective organizations are in the process of shifting them out of Afghanistan. Native of Ullal, Melwyn, was also one of them.

Melwyn safely returned back to India in the Indian Air Force (IAF) plane from Kabul on Wednesday August 18. He is working in the electrical maintenance department of the military base camp hospital of NATO at Kabul. His brother is stuck in Afghanistan itself and is expected to return to India soon.

Speaking after reaching India, Melwyn said, “In total, 160 people including seven employees of our company, along with personnel and security of the Indian embassy in Kabul, were airlifted from Kabul at 5 am on Wednesday and brought to IAF base at Jamnagar. From there, we were taken to Delhi and then to Bengaluru. I arrived in Ullal on Thursday August 19.

“Our organization has shifted other people of Indian origin working in our company to various places like Norway, London and Qatar. They will be kept in quarantine there and will return to India after completing the isolation period.”

Melwyn’s brother Demy is working as an air-conditioning mechanic at the Kabul military base camp. He is waiting for a flight at Kabul airport to go back to India. Melwyn informed that his brother is safe at the airport.