After serving in the Indian Embassy in Kabul for the past three years, three Indo-Tibetan Border Police K9 sniffer dogs, Maya, Bobby, and Roobi, have safely returned to India. They were airlifted on Tuesday morning from the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, along with the 150 members in the Indian contingent that included 99 ITBP commandos.

The three dogs guarded the Indian Embassy in Kabul and its diplomatic staff. Maya is a Labrador, Bobby a Doberman, and Roobi belongs to the Malinois breed. An official source said, “During their deployment at the embassy, the three K9 dogs saved the lives of the Indian diplomats and the Afghan residents working there with great bravery. They will be deployed soon with ITBP units undertaking anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh” 

“These hero K9s have done an outstanding job in securing the embassy. They report that all three brave darlings are extremely happy to touch Indian Soil and come back to familiar sights, smells, and sounds of our nation,” said the ITBP in a statement.