In the first official contact with Taliban, Indian envoy to Qatar Deepak Mittal met Taliban leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai at the Indian Embassy in Doha on Tuesday. A MEA statement said, “Today, Ambassador of India to Qatar, Deepak Mittal, met Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, the Head of Taliban’s Political Office in Doha. The meeting
The Government of India has arranged a special chartered flight to bring about 110 Stranded Hindus and Sikhs from Kabul to New Delhi. Hindu & Sikh religious scriptures will also be flown back.
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in the Delhi High Court relating to 227 Indian national and Hindu and Sikh community members of Afghanistan origin who are stranded in Afghanistan and who face threats to their lives and properties almost on a daily basis at the hands of the Taliban.
About 100 Indians say they stayed back in the country either out of a sense of duty or because they were waiting for a safer time to travel. Now, they're stuck.