One of the seven Indian nationals, who were captured in the Baghlan region of Afghanistan in May 2018, has securely come back to India. The Ministry of External Affairs made this declaration, even as it didn’t uncover subtleties of the Indian national.
“We are thankful to the Government of Afghanistan for their help in verifying the discharge and repatriation of the Indian national. We keep on working intimately with the Government of Afghanistan for sheltered and early return of the staying six Indian nationals”, the MEA stated, in an announcement.
On May 6 a year ago, seven Indians working with Indian power organization KEC International were stolen by speculated Taliban shooters in northern Baghlan territory of Afghanistan. While no gathering had guaranteed duty, Baghlan Governor Abdulhai Nemati had said that a Taliban aggregate was behind the kidnapping. Nemati was cited as saying that Afghan specialists had spoken with the Taliban gathering, by means of neighborhood individuals, and had been informed that the KEC representatives had been confused with government staff.
A year ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had raised the issue with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani had likewise informed External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on the endeavors being made to protect the Indians.
As indicated by nearby reports, the KEC workers were stolen by outfitted men in Bagh-e-Shamal town of the commonplace capital Pul- e- Khomri, while they were going to the region where KEC has an agreement to work a power substation. Nemati had disclosed to that the Taliban gather had moved the KEC representatives to Dand- e- Shahabuddin region of Pul- e- Khomri city. He had said they were attempting to verify their discharge through clan older folks and mediation. This is the third instance of snatching of Indians in Afghanistan over the most recent four years. In July 2016, Indian guide specialist Judith D’Souza was safeguarded over a month after she was hijacked in Kabul.
In June 2014, Father Alexis Prem Kumar, a Roman Catholic minister from India, was kidnapped by unidentified shooters in the Afghan city of Herat. He was discharged in February 2015. Somewhere in the range of 2003 and 2008, three Indians were grabbed and discharged. Be that as it may, two Indians were slaughtered after they were kidnapped. KEC, a worldwide foundation designing, obtainment, and development major, is one of the biggest Indian organizations in Afghanistan that is in charge of power supply in the nation. In 2013, KEC marked an agreement with the Afghanistan government for the development of a 220 kV D/C transmission line from the current 220 kV substation at Chimtala to the recently proposed 220 kV substation at Kabul South West (Arghandi). This transmission line is intended to transport no less than 180 MW power from Chimtala substation, which gets control from Pul- e- Khomri 220 kV substation, around 250 km north of Kabul (accepting the power essentially from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan) to the power-kept townships from Qala- e- Mohib, Chel Dakhtaran, southwest of Kabul, an Afghan government explanation had said.
