Operation Sankat Mochan: Indians evacuated safely out of South Sudan - In Pics
Indians on their way back to country from South Sudan.
Indians on their way back to country from South Sudan.
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India on Thursday sent two C-17 military transport aircraft to war-torn South Sudan's capital city Juba to evacuate over 300 Indians stranded there.
Union Minister VK Singh is leading the team. Singh is accompanied by Amar Sinha, secretary (economic relations) in the External Affairs Ministry, joint secretary Satbir Singh and director Anjani Kumar.
The team landed in Juba and evacuated first batch of Indians from there.
(Photo courtesy - MEA)
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C 17 aircraft departs
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Indian Blue Berets
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Technical halt at Entebbe
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