India Evacuates Passport-Less Af Infant, Paperwork Done At Hindon

Less than four months old, Iknoor Singh, could hardly know the turmoil his parents were caught in as the Taliban took charge of Kabul. The infant had no passport and with just a birth certificate in hand, the parents reached out to Indian authorities who brought them out of Afghanistan as a special case in the ongoing evacuation operation.

- Ambika Pandit

Those from the AfghanSikh community coordinating and supporting families shared that Iknoor’s paperwork for travel happened in transit and the child was allowed to enter India with his parents with formalities completed at the Hindon airbase where officials of the Foreigners Regional Registration Office were camped. The child’s father, Kerpal Singh, his wife and three kids were part of the group of evacuees, who arrived on Sunday onboard a C-17.

As many as 165 Af Sikhs, Hindus likely to arrive in India today