As many as 78 people, including 25 of its naꦡtionals and a number of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus from Dushanbe have been brought back to India on Tuesday.
The evacuees were received at the Indira Gandhi International Airport by U🌌nion ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and V Muraleedharan.
"Blessed to receive & pay obeisance to three holy Swaroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji from Kabul to Delhi a short while ago,&🐟quot; Puri tweeted.
The group along with three copies oꦅf the Guru Granth Sahib was airlifted from Kabul to Dushanbe by a military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Monday.
An Air India flight brought back ꦆthe people f♍rom Dushanbe.
"Joined Minister Shri @HardeepSPuri ji at Delhi Airport in receiving Swaroop of Shri Guru Granth Sahib ji arrived ✃from Afghanistan along with evacuees," Muraleedh💛aran tweeted.
Earlier, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said 78 people are being brought ♋to Delhi on an Air India flight.
"Helping in the safe return from Afghanistan. AI 1956 en route to Delhi from Dushanbe carrying 78 passengers, including 25 Indian nationals. Evacuees were fl༒own in from Kabul on an @IAF_MCC aircraft," he said on Twitter.
With PTI inputs
