India evacuates its embassy in Kabul; IAF plane from Afghanistan lands at Jamnagar airbase
Amid escalating tensions in Afghanistan, India Tuesday evacuated its entire embassy — including the Indian ambassador. A special Indian Air Force aircraft with 130 diplomats and around 20 Indians stranded in Afghanistan, landed in Jamnagar earlier in the day.
This is the second time since 1996 that India has evacuated its mission in Kabul — both times after the Taliban came to power.
The announcement came two days after the Taliban captured power in Afghanistan. Kabul fell to the Taliban on Sunday completing their takeover of the country in a lightning offensive that saw provinces and warlords give up without a fight, days after the hasty withdrawal of US troops.
