Afghan embassy shut in Delhi, to function just as emergency consular
The staff at the Embassy was appointed by the outgoing government of Ashraf Ghani but now the country is under Taliban regime
The staff at the Embassy was appointed by the outgoing government of Ashraf Ghani but now the country is under Taliban regime
Indians will not fail to miss the irony inherent in the message delivered over the weekend by Pakistan’s defence minister Khwaja Asif to the Taliban regime that rules Afghanistan.
The Taliban-led caretaker government in Afghanistan has dismissed Washington's claim over the alleged stronger presence of Daesh or Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan as utterly fabricated.
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan on Thursday said that a
Last month, President Biden annoyed Pakistanis when he described their country as "one of the most dangerous nations in the world" that possessed nuclear weapons without any 'cohesion'.
"The sudden surge (of crowd at the airport) was because people have been hearing what politicians have been saying in London and Washington, and they had come to the conclusion that the foreign governments will stop the airlifts within days. That added to the already prevailing sense of panic,"
For the very obvious reason that its record in the past 30 years cannot inspire confidence.
With only 80,000 troops, the Taliban could capture the country from the Afghan government having a nominal 300,699 troops.
"Modi, in the two back-to-back meetings of the CCS on August 17 and 18, instructed officials for speedy evacuation of Indians who are still in the war-torn country," an official said.
With an Aug. 31 deadline looming, tens of thousands remained to be airlifted from the chaotic country facing obstacles ranging from armed Taliban checkpoints to paperwork problems.
