New Delhi: Taliban’s return to power to Afghanistan after 20 years has enhanced the humanitarian crisis that started when the United States pulled out its troops in May.
As scenes of turmoil is emerging triggered concerns and appeals worldwide about the safety of foreigners as well as locals, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh made an urgent request about the vacuation of 200 Sikhs stuck in a Gurudwara.
The Punjab Chief Minister tweeted, asking Foreign Minister S Jaishankar for help, “Urge @DrSJaishankar, MEA, GoI, to arrange for immediate evacuation of all Indians, including around 200 Sikhs, stuck in a Gurudwara in Afghanistan after the #Taliban takeover. My govt is willing to extend any help needed to ensure their safe evacuation. @MEAIndia (sic).”
After Taliban captured Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, the airport’s runways, pulling luggage and jostling for a place on one of the airspace was closed today, aggravating the crisis.
This was after hundreds of Afghans were seen on the airport’s runways, pulling luggage and jostling for a place on one of the last commercial flights. Amid the commotion, the US troops fired shots in the air, news agency AFP reported.
“The airspace is closed. How any airline can operate? We were not able to operate our 12:30 pm flight to Kabul,” a souce in Air India informed a new agency.
Amarinder Singh, on Sunday said that, “there was a requirement to remain extra vigilant at all boaders of the country” adding that Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban does not angur well for India.
“Afghanistan’s fall to #Taliban does not augur well for our country. It will strenghthen the Sino-Pak nexus against India. The signs are not good, we need to be extra viligant now at all our borders,” he had tweeted.