Afghanistan has been occupied by the Taliban and many Indians are returning to their homeland. India has sent a special plane to repatriate Indians stranded in Afghanistan. A young man named Shivang Dave, who is originally from Bhavnagar, recently returned from from Afghanistan to India with his wife. He had gone to Afghanistan for employment. There is an atmosphere of happiness in the family returning safely.
With the help of the Indian Embassy and the US, Shivang returned to Delhi on Sunday when a flight from Delhi arrived at Bhavnagar Airport. Shivang, son of Rohitbhai Dave and grandson of renowned Gujarati poet Harindra Dave, who had been working as an engineer in a private company in Afghanistan for the last 12 years, arrived at Bhavnagar Airport on Thursday on a flight from Delhi to Bhavnagar Airport. Shivang and his wife Ektaben took blessings from their family members and later went to the temple to offer prayer.
“I saw a lot in front of my eyes when the Taliban took over,” said Shivang. He added, “I returned from Kabul a week ago when roads were blocked in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over. The traffic was jammed and I was very scared. How to reach Kabul Airport the Taliban were also in control of Kabul Airport. Now it seemed very difficult to return home. After many investments, the flight came and returned to India on Sunday.”
Shivang further said that no one knows what to do after the capture of the Taliban, there is no money in the bank and all work has stopped. Now we are waiting for what will happen in the future. We hope people stay there and with the help of the Indian government, many more people can come back to India. He said, “Until we boarded the flight to Kabul and took off, we were so scared that we saw a lot of blasts, everything from 50 to 60 meters away. But I have never felt the same fear as I did then.”
Hareshbhai Kalubhai Dave said that no contact could be made with him while he was in Afghanistan in recent times. He added, “The flight was also difficult to get to so we were very worried. Everyone was relieved after arriving at Bhavnagar Airport from Delhi.”