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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed officials to ensure safe evacuation of all Indian citizens from Afghanistan and to provide refuge to Sikhs and Hindus wanting to come to India from there, as he chaired a crucial high-level meeting in the backdrop of the Taliban takeover of the war-torn country, sources said.
Chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, Modi also said India must provide all possible help to its Afghan brothers and sisters who are looking towards India for assistance, official sources said.
Modi directed officials concerned to undertake all necessary measures to ensure safe evacuation of Indian nationals from Afghanistan in the coming days.
The Cabinet Committee on Security is the apex government body that deals with the issues of national security.
Home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended the meeting, besides senior officials, including NSA Ajit Doval, cabinet secretary Rajeev Gauba, foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and India’s ambassador to Afghanistan Rudrendra Tandon.
Tandon was on the evacuation flight from Kabul that landed in Jamnagar earlier on Tuesday.
External affairs minister S Jaishankar could not attend the meeting as he is currently in New York attending events of the UNSC.
