Roads full of hostiles, embassy staff reached airport amid peril

Roads full of hostiles, embassy staff reached airport amid peril

The drive from the Indian embassy in Kabul to the airport doesn’t take more than 20 minutes on a good day. But on Monday night, it took the convoy of 14 bulletproof vehicles carrying Indian ambassador Rudrendra Tandon and other officials almost an hour — every minute of it a heart-stopping suspense.