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Operation Devi Shakti

30th August, 2021 Security

Context:

  • The evacuation operation from Afghanistan in the backdrop of the Taliban's takeover of the country last week is known as "Operation Devi Shakti".

More about news:

  • An Indian Air Force (IAF) flight carried 24 Indian and 11 Nepalese evacuees from Kabul to Delhi under Operation Devi Shakti.
  • MEA had urged all Indian nationals in Afghanistan requiring assistance to contact Special Afghanistan Cell immediately to move out of the war-torn country.
  • Up till now, around 626 people from Kabul have been evacuated that covered Indian citizens as well as Afghan nationals including Sikhs and Hindus of Afghanistan.

https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/afghanistan-operation-devi-shakti-24-indian-11-nepalese-evacuees-from-kabul-en-route-to-delhi-729132