Minister Puri receives Holy book of Shri Guru Granth Sahib, brought from Kabul

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri received the Sikh holy book of Shri Guru Granth Sahib, brought from Kabul in Afghanistan, at Delhi airport on Tuesday morning. Puri carried the holy book. In a tweet,  Puri said, he is blessed to receive and pay obeisance to the Shri Guru Granth Sahib. Later talking to reporters,  Puri thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for carrying out rescue operations.

It seemed so natural for war-torn, terrorised Sikhs to be brought to India. India has shown that it is the obvious home of the Sikhs. While the end of Sikh civilisation in Afghanistan is heartbreaking, it gives solace to see Afghan Sikhs evacuated & welcomed gracefully to India. https://t.co/htHsLL2DXU

— Harjinder Singh Kukreja (@SinghLions) August 24, 2021

He said, arrangements are being put in place to bring back the remaining Indian nationals. 78 people including 25 Indian nationals who have been evacuated from Kabul, have arrived in New Delhi from Dushanbe in Tajikistan this morning. The evacuees were flown in from Kabul on an Indian Air Force aircraft.