Afghanistan crisis live updates

Afghan Taliban not stopping people leaving Kabul, says official

Afghan Taliban is not stopping people from leaving the country, they are only pushing those who are without any legal papers. 

Aug 20, 2021, 23:32 PM IST

Afghanistan crisis live updates: Situation is grim, says Indian envoy after landing at Jamnagar from Kabul

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) successfully carried out a three-day evacuation mission to bring back 192 Indians stranded in what is now the Taliban controlled Afghanistan. Earlier in the day, the Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft that took off from Kabul with Indian officials landed in Jamnagar in Gujarat. Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Rudrendra Tandon added that the people of Afghanistan's "welfare and our relationship with them is very much in our mind." 

Aug 16, 2021, 07:41 AM IST