Taliban fighters hoist their flags ahead of the press conference in Kabul on Tuesday | Image credit: AP
More than 48 hours have passed since the Taliban took control of Kabul. After US President Joe Biden affirmed that the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan by December 31,
At home, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) Inventory of the situation in Afghanistan.
The meeting was attended by senior cabinet ministers, officials and Rudrendra Tandon, India’s ambassador to Afghanistan, who returned from Kabul barely hours before the CCS meeting at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg.
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A source later told India Today that the prime minister said India must provide sanctuary to Sikhs and Hindus living in Afghanistan.
Taliban take control of Afghanistan | Top 10 developments
1. In an unusual step, the Taliban offered everyone a “general amnesty” on Tuesday Afghan Government Employees, including women. The Taliban declared that there would be no consequences for them and urged government employees to return to their jobs.
2. While the military evacuations continued around the clock, hundreds of Afghans were on Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. A Pentagon spokesman said translators and contractors who assisted the American armed forces are being temporarily housed with their families in three military facilities in Afghanistan.
Afghans on the tarmac at Kabul airport on Tuesday | Credits: AP
3. In a statement Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) The evacuation of the Indian embassy staff from Kabul has now been completed. EAM S Jaishankar thanked the allies who helped with the evacuation. According to reports, the embassy in Kabul has not closed and local staff continue to provide consular services.
4th The Taliban held their first press conference since taking power in Afghanistan. Addressing reporters from the Government Media and Information Center (GMIC) in Kabul, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that international media may function as long as they do not violate “Islamic values”. Mujahid also said that women’s rights are protected under Sharia (Islamic law).
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid during the press conference on Tuesday | Credits: AP
5. First Vice President of the Ashraf Ghani Government, Amrullah Saleh went to Twitter on Tuesday to say that under the Afghan Constitution he is the legitimate Vice President of Afghanistan in Ghani’s absence. Saleh said he was still in the country and was reaching out to all leaders to get their support.
6th Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Deputy Taliban chief, returned to Afghanistan from Qatar on Tuesday. Before his return, Baradar met with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and was received by hundreds of Taliban fighters in Kandahar, from where he made his way to Kabul.
Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar welcomed on his return to Afghanistan on Tuesday | Credits: India Today
7th The social media platform Facebook has stated that it has removed them all Taliban-related accounts as the militant group is still sanctioned as a terrorist organization under US law. Facebook has also formed a team of Afghan experts to identify accounts praising the Afghan Taliban.
8th. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan met a delegation of Afghan politicians and reiterated the need for an “inclusive government” in Afghanistan. Russia’s ambassador to Afghanistan even went so far as to say that the situation in Kabul was “better” under the Taliban than under Ghani. Meanwhile, Turkey welcomed the Taliban’s “positive messages”.
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9. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada had “no plans” to recognize this Taliban as the government of Afghanistan. One day after Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU leader described the troop withdrawal as the “greatest debacle” of the military alliance, another NATO ally, Germany, suspended development aid for Afghanistan.
10. A keyword from US President Joe Biden, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg blamed the Ghani government for the collapse of the Afghan government. “The Afghan leadership did not manage to get up,” said Stoltenberg. He also warned the Taliban that NATO has the ability to “fight terrorist groups remotely”.
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