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BIG STORY                                                                 AUGUST 20, 2021  |      The Indian Eye                          4





             fiascO in afghanistan





              escape from taliban










            as Kabul falls to the armed afghan group, pakistan stands to gain the most from

              the situation. china will increase its influence too. for India, it is a big setback.

                                  how will the great game be played in afghanistan now?





        Our Bureau

        New Delhi

                 fghanistan’s future is
                 hanging in balance as
        Athe country’s govern-
        ment collapsed on Sunday soon
        after president Ashraf Ghani
        fled  Kabul.  The  Taliban  en-
        tered the presidential palace in
        the Afghan capital on Sunday
        and declared its victory over the
        government.  Efforts  are  being
        made to maintain stability in Af-
        ghanistan.  However,  thousands
        of people are rushing to the air-
        port to flee the nation as they are
        afraid of the terror group’s bru-
        tal atrocities in the nation.
            Now, the question being
        asked is who gains from the situa-
        tion in Afghanistan and who los-
        es the most. India certainly is one
        of  the  most  affected  countries.
            On Wednesday, after Indian
        Air Force (IAF) C-17 aircraft         indian ambassador to afghanistan rudrendra tandon arrives at the Hindon air force station after the indian air
        carrying 120 Indian officials from                 Force's effort for safe evacuation from afghanistan, in Ghaziabad on tuesday (ani)
        Afghanistan landed in Gujarat’s
        Jamnagar, the Indian Ambassa-                                                                                 any  accidents.  We  were  a  very
        dor to Afghanistan, Rudrendra                                                                                 large mission with 192 person-
        Tandon thanked IAF for flying                                                                                 nels that were evacuated from
        them out of Afghanistan in such                                                                               Afghanistan literally within a
        a crisis situation. “Thank you to                                                                             period of three days in a very
        the Indian Air Force who flew us                                                                              orderly fashion in two phases,”
        out under conditions that are not                                                                             added Tandon.
        normal,” said Tandon after land-                                                                                  Amid the fast-unfolding sit-
        ing at Jamnagar. He also appre-                                                                               uation in Afghanistan, External
        ciated the rescue efforts saying                                                                              Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
        ‘how great it is to be tactful’.                                                                              and US Secretary of state Ant-
            “After  2  weeks  of  intense                                                                             ony Blinken discussed over the
        work, very complicated situa-                                                                                 phone the crisis in the war-torn
        tion, the whole mission is very      taliban spokesperson Zabihullah mujahid speaks at a news conference in   country. It was the second phone
        happy  that  its  finally  over.  We                         Kabul on tuesday (ani)                           call  between  the  two  officials
        are back home safely, without                                                                                    Continued on next page... >>


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