Mangaluru man returns from Afghanistan

A 50-year-old Melwyn from Uliya in Ullal, who was in Afghanistan, has returned home safely, even as the wait continues for the safe arrival of his brother Demsy, who has landed in Qatar from Kabul and

A 50-year-old Melwyn from Uliya in Ullal, who was in Afghanistan, has returned home safely, even as the wait continues for the safe arrival of his brother Demsy, who has landed in Qatar from Kabul and is waiting for clearance to reach India. Mr. Melwyn, who worked in a British firm doing electrical maintenance in the NATO military base hospital in Kabul, was among the seven civilians of those 160 airlifted and brought to the Air Force base in Jamnagar in Gujarat on Tuesday morning. He took a flight to New Delhi and from there reached Mangaluru on Wednesday evening. Talking to reporters on Thursday, Mr. Melwyn said that he has been working with the British firm for the last 10 years. As the situation got worse in the last few days, many locals rushed to Kabul airport to fly to other countries. “The airport was filled with people and hence, aircraft could not land, which led to a delay of two days in us getting airlifted,” he said.