India evacuates staff from Afghan consulate
India is evacuating its staff from its consulate in Afghanistan’s Mazar-e-Sharif in view of the rapidly escalating violence by the Taliban around the capital city of Balkh province, people familiar with the development said on Tuesday.
New Delhi
The Indian-based staff of the consulate and a number of Indians residing in Mazar-e-Sharif are being evacuated due to the deteriorating security scenario in the city as well as areas around it, they said. It is learnt that a special IAF aircraft will evacuate the staff as well as the Indian citizens.
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