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India has won many friends by
evacuating nearly 1,000 nationals of 41 countries from warring Yemen, with the
operation led by an irascible former general coming as a welcome moment of
pride for a nation that aspires to emerge as a global player.
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VK Singh
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MoS for external affairs Gen
(retd) V K Singh returned to a hero's welcome on Friday, having joined several
Air India flights into the Yemeni capital Sanaa to evacuate people from the
conflict there to Djibouti.
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India ends Yemen evacuation
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"The bombings are still
on," the former army chief of staff told reporters at Delhi airport.
"There was trouble in evacuating them, yet we did our task."
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Along with some 4,600 Indians,
Singh's mission rescued citizens of Britain, France and the United States.
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VK Singh
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The
evacuation from Yemen also provided a rare chance for India and Pakistan to
look beyond hostilities, as 11 Indians were evacuated by the Pakistani navy and
flown home, winning a vote of thanks from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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India ends Yemen evacuation
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