Taliban to declare 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan' from presidential palace in Kabul
the Taliban fighters who entered Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city on Sunday, have taken control of the Afghan presidential palace. This comes as
According to the report, the Taliban had taken the Torkham border crossing that represented the last post still under Afghan government control, Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told a local TV channel
A Taliban official has said the group will soon declare the 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan' from the presidential palace in Kabul.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the official said that it was the name of the country under the Taliban government ousted by US-led forces after the September 11, 2001, attacks
India is all set with contingencies and eventualities, including evacuating its staff in its embassy in Kabul and Indian citizens stranded in the country
A fleet of C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force has been kept on standby to undertake evacuation missions, PTI reported.
"The government is closely monitoring fast-paced developments in Afghanistan. We will not put the lives of our staff at the Indian Embassy in Kabul at any risk," a source said
A fleet of C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force has been kept on standby to undertake evacuation missions, PTI reported.
"The government is closely monitoring fast-paced developments in Afghanistan. We will not put the lives of our staff at the Indian Embassy in Kabul at any risk," a source said
Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drain said in a statement on Sunday that military reinforcements and aircraft would deploy in the hours ahead to the United Arab Emirates, “so that the first evacuations toward Abu Dhabi can start.”
Evacuations have been in progress for weeks and a charter flight has been put in place by France in mid-July. Since May, France has taken in Afghan employees from French structures under potential threat, with 600 people relocated to France
The US Embassy in Kabul has suspended all operations and has asked all Americans to shelter in place, saying it has received reports of gunfire at the international airport.
The US is racing to airlift diplomats and citizens out of Afghanistan, news agency The Associated Press reported
