India re-establishes diplomatic presence in Kabul
India | June 24, 2022 0:16 ISTThe Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in a statement, said an Indian technical team has reached Kabul on Thursday and has been deployed in the embassy there.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in a statement, said an Indian technical team has reached Kabul on Thursday and has been deployed in the embassy there.
Initial inputs suggested that an explosion took place outside the gate of the Gurdwara. Another explosion was later heard from inside the complex and some shops attached to the Gurdwara caught fire.
The blast occurred in the Karta Parwan area of Kabul. Karte Parwan Gurudwara is located in the area.
This is the first such visit by the Indian government to Kabul since the Taliban's takeover.
The blasts, which occurred in rapid succession, hurt several children and more casualties were feared, according to Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran and the city's Emergency Hospital.
Pul-e-Khishti Mosque in Kabul was occupied with worshippers who had come gathered here for afternoon prayers.
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According to the law of the country, selling organs or parts are the body is illegal, but these families say that they have no other options to survive.
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The flight was arranged under India's operation Devi Shakti, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.
The eyewitness said that the blast occured on Kabul's Fifth Taimani Street, Tolo News reported.
The Taliban takeover led to a shut-off of international aid to the govt and the blocking of billions of dollars in Afghan assets held abroad, worsening an already crumbling economy.
The emigration ramped up after the Taliban's forceful take of the country, reported Khaama Press. Over half a million people in Afghanistan have been displaced this year, owing to conflicts and insecurities, says a report by United Nations' International Organization for Migration.
The first blast hit the Dashte Barchi area and killed four people leaving two more injured, according to locals.
The bus driver, speaking to the AP at the hospital, said that at one point during his route, a suspicious man got onto the bus and a few minutes later, the explosion went off at the back of the bus.
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