Afghanistan Crisis LIVE: America's Footprint In Kabul Is Now Over 5,200 Troops On Ground, Says US Army
Afghanistan Taliban Crisis LIVE: EAM Jaishankar said that India is "very carefully" following the developments in Afghanistan and is ensuring the security and safe return of Indian nationals.
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Afghanistan Taliban Crisis LIVE: In his first address to the nation after fleeing Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani, speaking from exile in the United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday that he had left Kabul to prevent bloodshed and denied reports he took large sums of money with him as he departed the presidential palace.
'If I had stayed, I would be witnessing bloodshed in Kabul,' Ghani said in a video streamed on Facebook, his first public comments since it was confirmed he was in the UAE. He left on the advice of government officials, he added.
Ghani has been bitterly criticised by former ministers for leaving the country suddenly as Taliban forces entered Kabul on Sunday.
With the Taliban now in control in Kabul, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today said that New Delhi is "very carefully" following the developments in Afghanistan and India's focus is on ensuring the security and safe return of Indian nationals still in the war-torn country.
Jaishankar, while addressing reporters at the UN Security Council stakeout after chairing an open-debate on peacekeeping under India's current UNSC Presidency, said, "that (situation in Afghanistan) is really what has been very much the focus of my own engagements here, talking to the UN Secretary-General and other colleagues who are here as well as the US Secretary of State."
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Govt To Prioritise Rescue Of Indian Workers From Afghanistan
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The Indian authorities are also considering treating other government documents like Aadhaar card or voter identity cards for those whose passports were taken away by the local employers who ran away from the cities fearing Taliban. (IANS)
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Amrullah Saleh, who has declared himself the acting president of Afghanistan, on Thursday cautioned both the Taliban and neighbouring Pakistan. Writing on Twitter, Saleh asserted that the rule of law and not violence should be respected.
"Nations must respect the rule of law, not violence. Afghanistan is too big for Pakistan to swallow and too big for Talibs to govern. Don't let your histories have a chapter on humiliation and bowing to terror groups (sic)," Saleh tweeted.
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