Ukraine Plane Was Hijacked In Afghanistan Makes A U-Turn.
Key Sentence:
- So far, 83 people have been brought from Kabul to Kiev
- More than 100 Ukrainian citizens are still present in Afghanistan
Ukraine has now denied that its plane was hijacked from the Afghan capital, Kabul. Earlier, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Yenin said a Ukrainian plane had been seized in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The aircraft arrived in Afghanistan to evacuate Ukrainian nationals.
This information was given to the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Yevgeny Yeni on Tuesday. "Some people hijacked our plane last Sunday," he said. Some unknown people have taken it over. The Deputy Foreign Minister of the Government of Ukraine informed us that strange people hijacked our plane on Sunday. The aircraft, which was carrying unidentified people, was flown to Iran on Tuesday.
The plane has gone to Iran.
"Unknown people have hijacked our plane," the deputy foreign minister in the Ukrainian government said. The plane was flown to Iran on Tuesday. Not only that, but our other three planes also failed. The reason behind that is that our people could not reach the airport. Iranian Minister Abbas Asal claims that the aircraft landed at Mashhad airport in northeast Iran, although it left for Ukraine after refueling and landed at Kyiv airport.
"Our people were not on the plane," said Ukraine's deputy foreign minister
"Some people hijacked our plane on Sunday," said Yemen, Ukraine's deputy foreign minister.
On Tuesday, he was taken to Iran with unidentified passengers, not including Ukrainians, whom we sent a plane to airlift. Our subsequent three attempts to airlift our people have also failed, as our people could not reach Kabul airport.
There are still about 100 Ukrainian citizens in Afghanistan.
According to the agency, the people who hijacked the plane were armed with every weapon. It is not yet known who hijacked the plane. Ukraine is constantly rescuing its people from Afghanistan. So far, 83 people have been reportedly brought from Kabul to Kyiv. It also included 31 Ukrainian citizens. There are still more than 100 Ukrainian nationals present in Afghanistan who are being rescued.
On 15 August, Taliban fighters captured Kabul.
People have been being rescued from Kabul airport since the Taliban took over Afghanistan. Many countries, including America, Britain, France, Germany, Ukraine, India, have started airlifting their citizens.
People are being rescued with their help. On 15 August, Taliban fighters captured Kabul. Within hours, they lost control of the entire capital. Earlier, President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country. He later released a video stating that he had decided to leave the country to avoid bloodshed.
Source from Divyabhashkar