Operation Devi Shakti
देवी शक्तिGoddess power
C-17s into Kabul as the airport fell, flying out 670 people in days.
- Dates
- August 2021
- Theatre
- Kabul, Afghanistan
- Services
- IAF
Summary
Operation Devi Shakti (transl. Operation Goddess Shakti) was an operation of the Indian Armed Forces to evacuate Indian citizens and foreign nationals from Afghanistan after the collapse of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul, the capital city, to the Taliban.
Objective
Evacuate Indian nationals and Afghan partners from Kabul as the government collapsed.
Outcome
Around 670 people were flown out, including the embassy staff and Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, in a window of a few days and under conditions that closed the airfield repeatedly.
Equipment
What it was conducted with
1 catalogued platform recorded as taking part. Not exhaustive — it lists what this catalogue holds, not everything that was fielded.
