(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer) External affairs minister S Jaishankar briefs the all-party panel over the present situation in Afghanistan, during a meeting at Parliament Annexe, in New Delhi, Thursday. (PTI)
New Delhi- Evacuating Indian personnel from Afghanistan, where the situation is “critical”, was a top priority, the government said on Thursday at the all-party meet, convened to brief them on the Afghan situation.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar briefed the leaders on the latest situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban captured power there last week.
Besides Jaishankar, Union minister and Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi were also present during the briefing in the Parliament House Annexe.
India was trying to evacuate as many people as possible from Afghanistan, the minister said asserting that evacuating Indian personnel was a “top priority”, according to some of the participants at the meeting.
The government also described the situation in the war-torn country as “critical” saying the Taliban had broken the promises made in the Doha agreement.
Among other things, the Doha pact, inked between the Taliban leaders and the US in February 2020, envisaged religious freedom and democracy, with a government in Kabul that represented all sections of Afghan society.
NCP leader Sharad Pawar, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Congress party in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, DMK’s TR Baalu, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, Apna Dal’s Anupriya Patel were among those who attended the meet.
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