Tag: Afghanistan Crisis

PM Narendra Modi (file photo)
Afghan Crisis: PM Modi Chairs CCS Meeting; NSA Doval, Foreign Secretary Shringla Present

India has brought back the Indian ambassador and all staff members from its embassy in Kabul in two military transport aircraft in the wake of escalating tension and deteriorating security situation in the Afghan capital after its takeover by the Taliban.

  • Tuesday, 17 August 2021
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IITs Making Efforts To Help Out Afghan Students Currently Stuck In Afghanistan

India on Tuesday announced that it will issue an emergency e-visa to Afghan nationals who want to come to the country in view of the prevailing situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban captured power there.

  • Tuesday, 17 August 2021
IAF evacuates Indian from Afghanistan
IAF Plane Evacuates 150 Plus Indians From Kabul

These passengers include the employees of Indian Embassy and other working professionals in many projects in Afghanistan.

  • Tuesday, 17 August 2021
MHA Seeks Applications For Citizenship From Non-Muslim Refugees
India Announces New Category Of Visa For Afghans

A new category of electronic visa called 'e-Emergency X-Misc Visa' introduced to fast-track visa applications for entry into India.

  • Tuesday, 17 August 2021
Ambassador T. S. Tirumurti
UNSC Demand Zero Tolerance For Terrorism, Political Settlement In Afghanistan: Tirumurti

Tirumurti, who convened the meeting at the request of Norway and Estonia who have responsibility for Afghanistan matters, hinted at the difficulties he faced in getting an agreement on the statement.

  • Tuesday, 17 August 2021
Kabul Residents Flee City, Country On Fears Of Taliban Rule
Upto Taliban To Reassure Neighbours Through Zero Tolerance For Terror: India

The Security Council meeting was convened by its president India at the request of Estonia and Norway, which have responsibility for Afghanistan in the Council and are known as "pen-holders", in UN terminology.

  • Monday, 16 August 2021
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Int'nl Community Must Unite To Ensure Afghanistan Never Again Used As Platform For Terrorist Outfits: Guterres

The Taliban swept into Kabul on Sunday after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, bringing an end to a two-decade campaign in which the US and its allies had tried to transform Afghanistan.

  • Monday, 16 August 2021
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Taliban Takes Over Kabul: President Ghani Evacuates Country

On Sunday evening, a flight carrying 129 passengers including many lawmakers from Kabul, Afghanistan landed at Delhi Airport.

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  • Monday, 16 August 2021
Ashraf Ghani
Afghan Prez Fled With 4 Cars And A Helicopter Filled With Cash: Reports

Nikita Ishchenko, a spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Kabul, was quoted as saying by RIA: "Four cars were full of money, they tried to stuff another part of the money into a helicopter, but not all of it fit. And some of the money was left lying on the tarmac."

  • Monday, 16 August 2021
Taliban Warns India Against Military Moves In Afghanistan
Taliban Co-Founder Abdul Ghani Baradar Is The Face Of Insurgent Victory

Born in Uruzgan province in 1968, Abdul Ghani Baradar fought in the Afghan Mujahideen against the Soviets in the 1980s. After the Russians were driven out in 1992 and the country fell into civil war between rival warlords, Baradar set up a madrassa in Kandahar with his former commander and reputed brother-in-law, Mohammad Omar.

  • Monday, 16 August 2021
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UN Security Council To Hold Emergency Meeting Today To Discuss Afghan Situation

As the situation deteriorates in Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the Taliban and all other parties to exercise utmost restraint.

  • Monday, 16 August 2021
Air India
Air India Flight To Kabul Cancelled As Airspace Closed

The situation in Afghanistan worsened further on Sunday, as Kabul was taken over by the Taliban.

  • Monday, 16 August 2021
Kabul Airport
Chaos As People Running Around In Kabul Airport To Board Flights

There was chaos and confusion at the Kabul airport as thousands of Afghans crowded the tarmac trying to catch a flight out of Afghanistan.

  • Monday, 16 August 2021
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Taliban Say They Have Taken Over The Presidential Palace In Kabul

Taliban fighters reached Kabul "from all sides", the senior Interior Ministry official told the wire and there were some reports of sporadic gunfire around the city

  • Monday, 16 August 2021
Abdullah Confirms Ghani Has Left Afghanistan, Likely For Tajikistan
Abdullah Confirms Ghani Has Left Afghanistan, Likely For Tajikistan

Earlier in the day, acting Defence Minister Bismillah Mohammadi said that the President has handed the authority of solving the crisis in the country to political leaders.

  • Sunday, 15 August 2021
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