(a) whether the Government is aware that four thousand Indians are working in
painful conditions in the American military camps situated in Afghanistan;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government has formulated any plan to get them back to India; and
(d) if so, the details thereof ?
MINISTER OF OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS
(SHRI VAYALAR RAVI)
(a) & (b) The Indian Mission in Kabul has informed that there is no formal
Information available with them about Indian workers recruited to serve the
United States Army and living In painful conditions in United States military
bases in Afganistan. However, the Indian Mission in Kabul has come to Know through
informal channels that some of the Indian workers employed in US bases are not happy
about the lack of telephone facilities to call home, lack of Indian food In the base
kitchen and the stringent limitations on their freedom of movement outside the bases
enforced by the base authorities because of the precarious security situations in
Afganistan.
(c) & (d) No request for repatriation has been received.