India evacuated its entire embassy in Kabul Tuesday morning amid an escalating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. A special Air Force flight brought back the envoy, along with other diplomatic staff members as well as ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) security personnel.

"Your welcome has an impact on all of us. Thanks to the Indian Air Force who flew us out under conditions that are not normal," Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Rudrendra Tandon told reporters, shortly after the special flight landed in Gujarat's Jamnagar.

"You cannot imagine how great it is to be back home. After two weeks of intense work, very complicated situation, the whole mission is very happy that it is finally over.  We are back home safely, securely, without any accidents or harm to any of our people.

“We were a very large mission with 192 personnel, evacuated from Afghanistan literally within a period of three days in a very orderly fashion in two phases," he further said.

Tandon described the situation in Afghanistan as "fluid", adding that a small number of Indian nationals remained in the country, and the government is continuously monitoring the situation to bring them back. "That is why Air India will continue to run its commercial services to Kabul as long as the airport in Kabul functions," he added.

Elaborating on the crisis, he explained: "It's not that we've abandoned people of Afghanistan. Their welfare and our relationship with them is very much in our mind. We'll try and continue our interaction with them, I can't exactly say in what form the situation is changing."

India has been facing numerous hurdles in its attempts to bring people back home safely with the security situation deteriorating sharply. Two aircraft were deployed for the evacuation of the embassy staff on Sunday. The first IAF C-17 aircraft with 45 personnel returned on Monday.  However, with roads and airport operations shutting down, and chaos unfolding at Kabul airport, the Indian Ambassador in Kabul, other staff members, and ITBP troops could not be brought back earlier.

The Indian embassy was also reportedly under observation by the Taliban. The Taliban also raided the Shahir Visa Agency, which processes visas for Afghans looking to travel to India, sources said.

Some Indian staff members were reportedly stopped when they were on their way to the airport, NDTV said.

Kabul Airport, now controlled by the United States, resumed its operations this morning after a day-long mayhem when thousands were seen on tarmac, desperate to escape the Taliban rule.