Children protested against the ongoing war in Iraq at Kochi Airport on Saturday, from where 46 Indian nurses are returning home.
They held slogans that read 'stop war' at the airport.
The 46 Indian nurses, who were being held captive in Iraq are expected to reach home at around 11.45 a.m., today. The Ministry of External Affairs had yesterday said that the 46 nurses been rescued from zone of conflict and would board the flight along with 137 others from Kirkuk.
The 46 nurses had been reportedly taken away by ISIS militants from Tikrit to an old building somewhere in Mosul late on Thursday night.
There were about 10,000 Indians in Iraq before the start of the strife between government troops and Sunni militants. The militants have captured two key cities and have their sights set on Baghdad. Hundreds of thousands of Iraq is have been displaced in the fighting that broke out on June 10.