Rajanna, who worked as a supervisor in a construction company, had gone back to war-torn Kabul after the end of his 22-day leave. However, the situation around Kabul International Airport calmed down on Tuesday after two days of chaos. Taliban Setting up security checkpoints, Rajanna is not sure if he can return to Telangana anytime soon, as commercial flights are not allowed to take off. He said that he has a return ticket from Kabul to Delhi on August 18.
While his wife, daughter and other family members in Mancherial are worried about his safety, Rajanna said he is safe in a camp set up by his company in Kabul. Asked why he traveled to Kabul when the situation was clearly getting out of hand, Rajanna told TOI over phone that he had no idea it would get worse. “We knew the Taliban would take control of the country, but what happened in the last few days was very rapid. The rapid collapse of Afghan forces took us all by surprise,” said Rajanna, who is working Afghanistan Said for the last four years. He had come to Mancherial on 18 July to spend time with his family by taking advantage of his annual leave.
Hundreds of Indians have been evacuated from Afghanistan
While international forces scrambled to get their citizens out of the country, Rajanna said the thousands of panicked people trying to flee Monday after the Taliban took control of the country were heartbreaking. “I never imagined that I would be in the same situation when I landed in Kabul ten days ago. I am taken aback by the situation in Afghanistan,” he said. He said that on August 15, he heard gunshots from the place from where he was camping. “There is an atmosphere of fear in the whole city. Fortunately, there is no problem of food and accommodation,” he said. another worker Karimnagar He is also working in the same company. Meanwhile, social activist P Basanth Reddy said he would immediately take up the issue of Rajanna’s return with the Center.
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