A source from the Indian embassy in Kabul said that the Taliban did not want India to evacuate their diplomats from its embassy. The Indian government had received a message from the outfit's office in Qatar guaranteeing them the safety of the Indian staff and security personnel, a deed the source.
These messages were sent from the office of Abbas Stanikzai, the chief of the Taliban's political unit, were directed via contacts in Kabul and Delhi were delivered before the embassy evacuations.
The messages are said to be an effort by the Taliban to be transmitted to the Indian government to assure that the Indian diplomats, staff and embassy officials will remain unhurt. The Taliban message also stated that India does not have to fear any attacks on its embassy or staff from groups like the Lashkar or Jaish.
Regardless of the given security circumstances and the intel that proposed there was, truly, a danger from these terror outfits, the choice was made to remove ambassadors and staff from the Kabul embassy.
India finished a convoluted evacuation of its staff this week, with two Air Force C-17 vehicle planes flying into Kabul air terminal on Sunday, as the Taliban infiltrated the Afghan capital.
The security circumstance worsened strongly and no departures were promptly potential, sources had said, adding that the Indian consulate had been put under visibility by Taliban fighters.
45 Indian workforces were cleared on Monday as they were halted by Taliban guards on the way to the air terminal, and individual possessions were seized.
The leftover faculty over 120 of them, including Ambassador Rudrendra Tandon, were evacuated on Tuesday.
There are still Indian residents in pockets in Kabul and other Afghanistan urban areas, which includes around 200 Sikhs and Hindus who have taken shelter at a gurudwara.
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Recently the Taliban's political representative, M Naeem, delivered a video announcement of the gurudwara head saying he had been "guaranteed" of their security. The public authority has said it is attempting to bring back all Indians who wish to return, yet has likewise said it will focus on the arrival of Hindus and Sikhs.
The Taliban's seizure of Afghanistan has sent shock across the world; few, including the United States, expected the Ashraf Ghani government to fall so quickly.
The UN has said the Taliban's clear longing for worldwide acknowledgement is its only leverage to guarantee a comprehensive government.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister A Jaishankar has said that India is carefully monitoring the situation in Afghanistan and that the situation is still in its "early days".
"... we are looking at the evolving situation... and I think we need to take it from there," he said.
The Taliban on Sunday has taken a strong grip over Afghanistan after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and the terror outfit walked into the capital city without any resistance. The group could get control of the major cities following 20 years of war that has claimed thousands of lives and people's liberty were taken away.
The arrival of the Taliban has set off a far and wide uproar in the city, with thousands racing to escape; sad scenes from the Kabul air terminal stood out as truly newsworthy throughout the planet.
Taliban is known for its merciless and harsh rule that it imposed twenty years prior. However, the terrorist organisation has introduced a more moderate picture since it assumed significant control over Afghanistan this week.
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For example, the Taliban has asserted women will have rights, including to acquire education and work, and that the media will be autonomous and free. It has additionally claimed that no danger will be presented to any country.
Be that as it may, a brutal reaction to protest from civilians was witnessed in which a few were killed after the Taliban militants started shooting - and Afghan female news anchors have been forbidden from working.
This shows the 'moderate' position promised may not stay for long.