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After turmoil at home, Afghans in Delhi grapple with safety and despair

In Delhi's Little Kabul, room rents have gone up with the current turmoil triggering a fresh exodus

Afghans in Delhi echo this fear and are unwilling to accept overtures from the Taliban who are promising a softer rule than the first ironfisted regime during 1996-2001. (Photo: Reuters)
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Afghans in Delhi echo this fear and are unwilling to accept overtures from the Taliban who are promising a softer rule than the first ironfisted regime during 1996-2001. (Photo: Reuters)

Ritwik SharmaAbhilash Mahajan New Delhi
On August 15, Suliman Siddiqui boarded a Kam Air flight with his grandparents from Kabul to New Delhi. By the time he landed, the Taliban had laid siege to the Afghanistan capital where life had been “normal” for the 21-year-old until hours ago.
 
It turned out to be the last commercial flight from Kabul to Delhi. Suliman’s grandfather, a heart patient, is being treated at a private hospital in Delhi, and they had booked a return ticket 25 days later. “Since we arrived, visas and flights have been cancelled, the airport is shut, our president has escaped, and the