Govt evacuating staff from Afghanistan city

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Updated At : 11:18 AM Aug 11, 2021 IST

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New Delhi, August 10

India has started evacuating its staff from its consulate in Afghanistan’s Mazar-e-Sharif in view of the deteriorating situation there.

Sources said a special IAF aircraft would evacuate the staff as well as Indian citizens. It was expected to land at the Hindon Air Force base late Tuesday night. “Indian nationals in and around the city are also requested to leave,” the Indian consulate in Mazar tweeted. The government has issued a third advisory for Indians in Afghanistan, asking them to return to India immediately. — TNS

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