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advantage pakistan?

US puts india in a tough spot by

leaving afghanistan in haste

India has its embassy in Kabul along with the consulates in Kandahar and Mazar where it has over

500 staff deployed. Two consulates in Herat and Jalalabad had ceased operations earlier there

Our Bureau
Kabul/New Delhi

ue to the deteriorating
security situation in Af-
Dghanistan’s Kandahar,
some staff of the Indian em-
bassy has been evacuated, said
diplomatic sources. Meanwhile,
the emergency services of the
consulate remain operational.
However, diplomatic sources
stated that reports of shutting of
Indian Consulate in Kandahar,
Afghanistan are incorrect. And
the mission remains functional,
they added.
India had earlier hinted that
it will bring back its nationals
and officials from Afghanistan if
the security situation worsens as
the Taliban is making advances United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the
and capturing more provinces. Taliban group’s top political leader signing a peace agreement between Taliban and U.S., in Doha last year (ANI)
“With the Afghan security situ-
ation deteriorating, plans have The country, which has had of 375. There is also trouble in ture of the US forces from Af-
been discussed for bringing back a big presence in Afghanistan 18 border districts that share a ghanistan has created a big vac-
our citizens and officials present since the fall of the Taliban in border with several countries uum and the Taliban is trying to
in different parts of that country 2001 following the US invasion, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and capture as much areas as they
and multiple agencies are in dis- has been helping the successive Iran,” the envoy said. can. This has created a problem
cussion for this purpose,” sourc- governments there including Considering that the com- for India and other countries.
es said. the members of the northern plete withdrawal of US troops The withdrawal of the US
alliance who have been friends from Afghanistan will end in forces from Afghanistan is too
india has its embassy in with India for a long time. August, the Taliban have been hasty as soldiers leave a lot of
Describing the security situ- capturing newer districts and machinery and equipment be-
Kabul along with the con- ation in Afghanistan as fluid and areas at a lightning speed and hind, Russian Foreign Minister
sulates in Kandahar and deteriorating, the Afghan envoy the Afghan government forces Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.
“The Americans made a lot of
to India Farid Mamundzay has are also fleeing from a number
mazar where it has over said the Taliban need to cease of places there. things to understand over the

500 staff deployed. Two violence and there should be an India has worked immense- 20 years of their presence in
Afghanistan, starting with the
end to the bloodshed. “More ly for the redevelopment of Af-
consulates in herat and than 200,000 Afghan civilians ghanistan and helped it to con- declaration of the victory of de-
Jalalabad had ceased op- are displaced already. There is struct Parliament building along mocracy and ending with such a
an active fight going on between with several roads connecting
rather hasty withdrawal, aban-
erations earlier there. Afghan forces and Taliban fight- important cities of the war-torn doning a huge amount of equip-
ers in 200 districts out of a total country. But the sudden depar- Continued on next page... >>

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