Taliban's recent takeover of Afghanistan has left Afghan people in distress and despair. Meanwhile, many people of Indian origin have returned back home to take shelter and save themselves.
At least 168 passengers including some eminent Afghan leaders from Hindu and Sikh communities arrived at Hindon air base in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday morning.
After the Taliban invaded Kabul last weekend, the people of the country have been suffering unspeakable damage.
Shops, schools and markets have been shut. Some heart-breaking scenes unfolded in Kabul as the Taliban overran the Afghan capital leading to widespread chaos across the city. The Taliban forces have also taken control of the presidential palace after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday night. Nation witnessed the desperation of Afghans at Kabul airport when several people clung to the side of moving limitary planes and at least two persons apparently fell to their deaths from the undercarriage soon after flight took off. The insurgents are now in control of all the districts of Kabul while a night curfew has been imposed in Kabul reportedly to prevent further violence. A Taliban spokesperson has said the war in Afghanistan is over, and a new power structure will soon be clear.
These horrifying visuals show the desperate attempts of people to flee Kabul after the city was taken over by Taliban over the weekend.
On Sunday evening, a flight carrying 129 passengers including many lawmakers from Kabul, Afghanistan landed at Delhi Airport.
Kabul has fallen to the Taliban and the Afghan government has reportedly collapsed after the Talibani overtake the presidential palace and the president evacuated the country. Amid fear and confusion that prevails among people in Afghanistan, some Afghanis have opened up about the current situation in the country.
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
No one's life, property and dignity will be harmed and the lives of the citizens of Kabul will not be at risk," the Taliban said.
Kabul: Several persons were killed and many wounded in a suicide attack near Pul Charkhi prison here in Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said. A vehicle carrying prison employees was targeted by a suicide bomber, Khaama Press news agency reported. At least four were confirmed dead and five others sustained critical injuries, a security officer said. […]
Kabul: At least 67 people were killed — 27 civilians, nine members of security forces and 31 insurgents — and 126 injured in 193 attacks carried out throughout Afghanistan by the Taliban, who had threatened to target Saturday’s parliamentary elections, which were held three years late. The 193 attacks against security forces and polling centres […]
Kabul: The UN has allocated $34.6 million in emergency aid to support 2.2 million Afghans affected by a severe drought, it was announced on Wednesday. The amount was allocated by UN Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund and Central Emergency Response Fund, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement cited by […]
Kabul: At least 18 Afghan army soldiers were killed and 10 others kidnapped in attacks carried out by the Taliban militant group against several military checkpoints in the western province of Farah, officials told Efe on Sunday. The attacks come amid increased violence ahead of the Afghan legislative elections scheduled for October 20, in which […]
Kabul: At least 16 people were killed Saturday and 36 wounded in two attacks against Afghanistan’s ongoing parliamentary election campaign ahead of next week’s vote, authorities told Efe. The first attack occurred in Takhar province in the country’s northeast, where a bomb killed 14 people and wounded 35 others during a rally. “A motorcycle laden […]
Kabul: At least seven people were killed and 25 wounded on Sunday in the Afghan capital Kabul, when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated explosives near a rally marking the 17th death anniversary of a prominent anti-Taliban leader, official told the media. The attack took place at 3 p.m. in Taimani square in northeast […]
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