How India evacuated Indian nationals amid Taliban patrol in Kabul | Inside details

Minute-to-minute monitoring, a well-calculated strategy and real-time assessment of the security scenario in Kabul were among the key elements of India's complicated evacuation operation to fly the Indian nationals out of Afghanistan. In the absence of a government to coordinate with in the territory that is now under the Taliban, here's how India pulled off the evacuation op.

A convoy of 14 vehicles, carrying around 120 people -- Indian nationals, journalists, diplomats, embassy staffers and security personnel -- left the Indian embassy in Kabul for Hamid Karzai International Airport in the wee hours of Tuesday. With commercial flights halted, India had no other option but to send Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft to bring back the last batch of diplomats and staff from the mission.