S Jaishankar, the External Affairs Minister, spoke with his German counterpart Heiko Maas on Saturday about the latest developments in Afghanistan and the obstacles of emergency evacuation from Kabul. “I appreciate the call from German Foreign Minister @HeikoMaas. The obstacles of evacuation in Afghanistan, as well as the policy ramifications of the changes there, were discussed “Jaishankar sent out a tweet.
After Kabul fell to the Taliban on Sunday evening, India communicated with the United States, the United Kingdom, and a number of other major powers about the rapidly changing situation in Afghanistan. Several countries, including India, have had difficulty removing people from Kabul due to the mayhem that has erupted around the airport since the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital.
A transport military aircraft of the Indian Air Force evacuated roughly 80 Indian nationals from Kabul on Saturday. After evacuating the Indians from Kabul, the plane landed in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
In two IAF C-17 heavy-lift transport planes, it evacuated 200 individuals, including the Indian envoy and other embassy personnel in Kabul. On Monday, the first evacuation flight returned around 40 individuals, the majority of whom were Indian embassy employees.
On Tuesday, the second C-17 aircraft evacuated 150 individuals from Kabul, including Indian diplomats, officials, security staff, and other stranded Indians.
