Speaking to ANI upon his return, emotional Nidan Singh Sachdeva said, "I don't know what to call Hindustan -- whether it is my mother or my father -- Hindustan is Hindustan."
Ministry of External
Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said, in a tweet, that the Indian
government was "facilitating the return of Hindu and Sikh community
members seeking permanent residency and citizenship in India".
Indian mission in Kabul
also tweeted and said, "#VandeBharatMission The eighth batch of stranded
Indian citizens left Kabul by Kam Air to Delhi today. Travel of some members of
the Hindu and Sikh Community, interested in moving to India, was also
facilitated."
Earlier, the external
affairs ministry had said the Afghan Sikhs and Hindus were given
"short-term" visas to facilitate their "return" to India.
The MEA on Sunday
thanked the Afghanistan government for extending necessary support for the safe
return of 11 people belonging to the Sikh and Hindu minority communities.
India has granted
an appropriate visa and facilitated their travel to India,."We appreciate the efforts of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in extending necessary support for the safe return of these families," the MEA said in a statement.
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