Flight Lieutenant Har Raj Kaur Boparai, the Indian Air Force’s first and only female pilot of the heavy-lift transport aircraft C-17 Globemaster, has participated in Operation Kaveri, India’s complex effort to safely return its residents from strife-torn Sudan. The C-17 Globemaster is the Indian Air Force’s largest aircraft asset.
Flt Lt Har Raj Kaur Boparai in Operation Kaveri
C-17 pilot Flt Lt Har Raj Kaur Boparai is participating in Operation Kaveri. The massive aircraft went from Hindon Air Base in Ghaziabad to Jeddah, then to Mumbai with the evacuees. So far, a total of 606 Indians have been returned from Sudan. India hopes to rescue more of its nationals from the war-torn African country before the expiration of a shaky cease-fire deal between the regular army and a paramilitary group.
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Sudan Crisis 2023
Sudan is Facing the country’s two most heavily armed forces clashing for power, violence returned to Khartoum’s streets and spread to other parts of Sudan. Sudanese army forces, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the formidable Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary, led by Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, traded charges of inciting the violence. The conflict has taken many people outside the region by surprise, with dozens killed and hundreds more injured.
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The clashes have erupted in response to escalating tensions over the intended integration of the RSF into the military. The disagreement has pushed back the signature of an internationally approved agreement with political parties on a democratic transition. A coalition of civilian groups that signed a draught of the deal in December urged for an immediate cessation of hostilities on Saturday to prevent Sudan from plunging into “total collapse.”
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