Afghans confront uneasy actuality as Taliban tighten grip on Afghanistan | 10 factors

Taliban fighters elevate their flag forward of the press convention in Kabul on Tuesday | Photo Credits: APOver 48 hours have handed because the Taliban took management of Kabul. With US President Joe Biden reiterating that the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan by August 31 is ultimate, the Afghan individuals have little selection however to witness their nation slip again into the palms of the Taliban.

Back dwelling, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a gathering of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to take inventory of the scenario in Afghanistan.The assembly was attended by senior Cabinet ministers, officers and Rudrendra Tandon, India’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, who returned from Kabul barely hours earlier than the CCS meet at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg.READ: Day 2 of Taliban regime in Afghanistan | All you could knowA supply later informed India Today that the PM mentioned India should give refuge to the Sikhs and Hindus residing in Afghanistan.Taliban take management of Afghanistan | Top 10 developments1. In an uncommon transfer, the Taliban on Tuesday supplied ‘common amnesty’ to all Afghan authorities workers, together with girls. Stating that there could be no repercussions for them, the Taliban urged authorities workers to return to work.2. As navy evacuations continued around the clock, lots of of Afghans had been noticed on the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. A spokesperson for the Pentagon mentioned translators and contractors who assisted American forces might be briefly housed at three navy installations in Afghanistan, together with their households. Afghans on the tarmac of Kabul airport on Tuesday | Credits: AP3. In an announcement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) mentioned evacuation of Indian embassy employees from Kabul is now full. EAM S Jaishankar thanked allies who assisted with the evacuation. Reports counsel that the embassy in Kabul has not been closed and native employees proceed to supply consular providers.4. The Taliban held their first press convention since seizing energy in Afghanistan. Addressing reporters at Government Media and Information Centre (GMIC) in Kabul, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid mentioned worldwide media might be allowed to operate so long as they don’t go in opposition to “Islamic values”. Mujahid additionally mentioned that ladies’s rights might be upheld inside the framework of Sharia (Islamic regulation). Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid through the press convention on Tuesday | Credits: AP5. First vice chairman within the Ashraf Ghani administration, Amrullah Saleh took to Twitter on Tuesday to say that he’s the professional caretaker president of Afghanistan in Ghani’s absence as per the Afghan structure. Saleh mentioned he’s nonetheless within the nation and reaching out to all leaders to safe their help.6. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, deputy chief of the Taliban, returned to Afghanistan from Qatar on Tuesday. Baradar met with Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani previous to his return and was welcomed by lots of of Taliban fighters at Kandahar from the place he made his method to Kabul. Taliban chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar being welcomed upon his return to Afghanistan on Tuesday | Credits: India Today7. Social media platform Facebook declared that it has eliminated all Taliban-related accounts because the militant group continues to be sanctioned as a terrorist organisation as per US legal guidelines. Facebook has additionally shaped a crew of Afghan consultants to determine accounts discovered praising the Afghan Taliban.8. Pakistan PM Imran Khan met a delegation of Afghan political leaders and reiterated the necessity for an ‘inclusive authorities’ in Afghanistan. Russia’s ambassador to Afghanistan even went to the extent of claiming that the scenario in Kabul is “better” below the Taliban than it was below Ghani. Meanwhile, Turkey welcomed the “positive messages” issued by Taliban.READ: The return of Taliban: Burqa costs surge tenfold in Afghanistan9. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau mentioned Canada has “no plans” to recognise Taliban as the federal government of Afghanistan. Another NATO ally, Germany, suspended improvement assist to Afghanistan a day after the pinnacle of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU get together termed the withdrawal of troops the “biggest debacle” the navy alliance has ever confronted.10. Taking a cue from US President Joe Biden, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg blamed the Ghani administration for the collapse of the Afghan authorities. “Afghan leadership failed to stand up,” Stoltenberg mentioned. He additionally warned the Taliban that NATO has the flexibility to “strike terrorist groups from a distance”.