New Delhi: In the wake of the violence perpetrated by the Taliban insurgent groups, the Indian embassy in Kabul on Tuesday urgently issued a security advisory asking Indian nationals in Afghanistan to make immediate travel arrangements to return to India before commercial air services are discontinued in Afghanistan.
The advisory noted that as violence in many parts of Afghanistan has escalated, commercial air travel services for many provinces and cities are getting discontinued, "All Indian nationals visiting, staying and working in Afghanistan are strongly advised to keep themselves updated on the availability of commercial flights from various parts of Afghanistan and make immediate travel arrangements to return to India before commercial air services are discontinued to their place of stay in Afghanistan”.
The advisory was issued immediately after the Indian Consulate General of India, Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan on Tuesday asked the Indian nationals in and around Mazar-e-Sharif to leave for India in the special flight scheduled to depart late today evening. The Taliban has so far captured six provincial capitals in Afghanistan and are setting sights on Mazar, which is the fifth-largest city of Afghanistan and the largest in the north.
Further, the advisory urged the Indian companies in Afghanistan to immediately withdraw their Indian employees out of project sites in Afghanistan before air travel services get discontinued.