Edit Profile. Subscribe Now. Your Subscription Plan Cancel Subscription. Home India News Entertainment. HT Insight. My Account. Sign in. Sign out. Several Western countries are evacuating their embassy staff, citizens and Afghans who had worked for them from Kabul as the hardline Islamist terrorists have swept through the country in recent weeks as US-led forces withdrew.
President Joe Biden said on Saturday he was authorising the deployment of 5, troops to help evacuate citizens and ensure an "orderly and safe" withdrawal of US military personnel. They said the United Kingdom, which was sending troops, sped up the departure of Britons. Hundreds of thousands of people from across Afghanistan have taken refuge in Kabul and are living in tents or in the open in the city. As the fighting has escalated it has raised fears of a refugee crisis and a rollback of gains in human rights, especially for women.
Muzhda, a single woman who fled to Kabul with her two sisters from nearby Parwan, said she was terrified. The Taliban offensive has accelerated in recent days as they have captured Herat in the north and seized Kandahar, it's spiritual heartland in the south.
Share Via. By hindustantimes. Also read India likely to grant refuge to Afghans Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary tweeted that there were chaotic scenes in parts of Mazar-i-Sharif and Afghan soldiers were seen fleeing. Also read Biden increases US deployment to Afghanistan, warns Taliban Several Western countries are evacuating their embassy staff, citizens and Afghans who had worked for them from Kabul as the hardline Islamist terrorists have swept through the country in recent weeks as US-led forces withdrew.
Get our Daily News Capsule Subscribe. About British troops are due to arrive in the city this weekend to help with the withdrawal of UK citizens. They will also assist the relocation of Afghans who helped British forces and now risk reprisals from the Taliban. Other Western countries are also evacuating their nationals, scaling back their presence in Afghanistan and in some cases closing their embassies altogether.
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