All achievements of last 20 years lost; painful to leave country: Afghan lawmaker

Narender Singh Khalsa said the situation is "very bad" and appealed to the Indian government to rescue the remaining stranded Hindus and Sikhs

"All achievements of the last 20 years in Afghanistan have been lost. Nothing is left. It's zero now," said Afghan lawmaker Narender Singh Khalsa, soon after his arrival at the Hindon airbase on Sunday, as part of India's evacuation mission from the Taliban besieged Kabul. Mr. Khalsa and Senator Anarkali Honaryar, as well as their families, were among those flown out of Kabul in a C-17 heavy-lift aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday morning. The Sikh lawmaker thanked the Indian government for rescuing him, his family and several other members of his community following the Taliban's takeover of Kabul and most parts of Afghanistan.