External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar recalled the conversation with Prime Minister Modi in a program in New York

When the Taliban

occupied

Afghanistan

in August 2021,

India

rapidly

evacuated its citizens from there.

India had launched "Operation Devi Shakti" to evacuate its citizens from Afghanistan.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar

told that  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi 

 called on the night of 15 August 2021 to inquire about the efforts being made to evacuate Indian nationals at midnight, the day of the coup. was.  

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NY, US: Recounting India's evacuation effort from Afghanistan, EAM Jaishankar says, "It was past midnight... PM called me, his first question was - "Jaage ho?"... I apprised him that help is on its way. He told me to call him when it's done... that's a singular quality."

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He said, "It was a little more than midnight, the Prime Minister called me. His first question was, "Awake ho?". After this the Prime Minister asked me about the progress of Operation Devi Shakti, the External Affairs Minister said. , in response to which he told the Prime Minister that help was on the way to Kabul.