New Delhi: Because uncertainty increases in Afghanistan, New Delhi evacuated all personnel based in India from Kandahar on Saturday night with special flights, when the Taliban advanced to the area in the midst of battle and violence.
The Indian mission is now only manned by local Afghan staff and while technically open, for all intentions and purposes, India is outside the region.
In the announcement, the Taliban claimed this week they controlled 85% of the country.
The security source of the Taliban is inches from three countries but has a significant presence at the choke point that controls cities and important highways.
MEA spokesman said on Sunday, “India monitors the development situation that develops in Afghanistan.
Security and security of our personnel is the most important.
The Indian Consulate General in Kandahar has not been closed.
However, because of the intense battle near Kandahar City, personnel based on India has been brought back for now.
I want to emphasize that this is a pure interim action until the situation stabilizes.
The consulate continues to operate through our local staff members.
“For now, the Mazar-e-Sharif consulate is still open, and with Indian personnel, But it might not be too long when the Taliban swept the western part of Afghanistan.
Embassy Kabul is the only one who is still fully functioning with Indian personnel.
The Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan, Rudrendra Tandon discussed the deteriorating security situation with the New Afghan Minister of Defense Bismillah Khan Mohammedi earlier this week.
The Indian government on Thursday shows that they watch the “careful” situation, before attracting personnel on Saturday.
India has closed its mission in Jalalabad and Herat in 2020, coving Covid, but it is clear that the security situation has played a role.
Apart from some optimistic assessments by US military forces departing, Afghan government security forces collapsed with almost a fight.
Taliban also played a smarter game this time – by controlling and closing the northern border and on the Iranian side – to capture the source of border income and prevent formation growth such as the northern alliance to challenge them.
Many Indian security officials who monitor the increase in Taliban believe that the Taliban get military advice, most likely, from Pakistan.
The progress of the Taliban can mean that it can immediately control most countries.
Most of the other countries, from Australia to China and NATO members, all attract their personnel.
The Afghan Taliban has activated his traditional support from between Pakistani terror groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Some ID of Pakistani security forces have also been found fighting with the Taliban.
Kandahar was the birthplace of the Taliban and in the past week took over Panjwai and Zharey, and his troops headed to take over Spin Boldak on the Pakistani border.
In the West, the Taliban arrested the main border crossing in Islam Qala on the Iranian and Torghundi borders in Turkmenistan and had collected customs income from there.