Dozens of stranded Afghans in India appeal for help

Dozens of Afghans who are stranded in India called for help on Wednesday saying they have run out of money and are unable to get home as there are no commercial flights.

The stranded Afghans have been in India for at least two months after having gone there either for medical treatment or to study.

One stranded Afghan, Sherine Aqa, said he had taken his wife to India two months ago for medical treatment and has not been able to return home.

“My wife had cancer and died. We didn’t have money to keep her body at a mortuary and had to bury her in India,” said Aqa.

Some students have also been stranded there and on Wednesday appealed to both the Indian and Afghan government to help them.

“Please, please return us to our families in Afghanistan,” said Maryam, an Afghan.

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Afghanistan’s Embassy in India have not yet commented.

“It has been a month and a half since I got stuck with my sick child,” said another Afghan.

This comes after all international commercial flights into and out of Kabul stopped following the takeover of the country by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA).
However, IEA officials said this week that international flights would resume soon.