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News Desk: The government is strongly committed to ensuring full evacuation of all Indians from Afghanistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said after the all-party meeting on the crisis in the country in the aftermath of the Taliban takeover.
In a tweet, he said, “We have undertaken evacuation operations in extremely difficult conditions especially at the airport. Our immediate concern and task is evacuation and long term interest is the friendship for the Afghan people.”
At the meeting, the cabinet minister emphasised that evacuation of Indian personnel from Afghanistan is a “top priority” and the country is trying to evacuate as many as possible.
The government also called the situation in Afghanistan “critical”, and pointed out that Taliban broke the promises made in the Doha agreement, it was further reported.
Apart from Jaishankar, Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Prahlad Joshi were also representing the Centre during the meeting.
The Opposition leaders who attended the meeting included NCP’s Sharad Pawar, Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, JD(S) leader and ex-PM HD Deve Gowda and DMK leader TR Baalu.
