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Amid Taliban blitz, Afghanistan students at JNU fear to go back

About 22 students from Afghanistan studying at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) are not willing to go back to their country and want to extend their visas through academic courses.Afghan students are worried about their stay in India as their visa tenure is about to expire within months.The visa limit for most of these foreign students is getting over by the month of December this year, however, with the situation in Afghanistan turning volatile, no one wants to go back and they want to extend their visa through academic courses such as a PhD, sources said."For a war-torn country like Afghanistan, most of the people are extensively unemployed and trying to escape from either death or captivity. Arranging a 'hefty fee' seems impossible." said Afghan students in JNU while talking to ANI.Terminal students have to leave the hostel by September 23, which is making them unsure of accommodation with narrow financial capacity.Jalaluddin, a JNU student told, "Situation is extremely critical ..

We have contingency plans: Govt on evacuation of embassy staff in Kabul

India has put in place contingency plans to evacuate hundreds of its officials and citizens from Kabul that has been gripped by fear and panic

India monitoring situation in Afghanistan for staff evacuation: Report

Taliban is close to a complete victory in Afghanistan as fighters entered the outskirts of the capital on Sunday

Afghan President Ghani to quit, making way for a Taliban takeover: Report

Sources have also said that Ali Ahamd Jalali will be appointed as head of the new interim government, reported The Khaama Press News Agency

Afghanistan forces surrender Bagram air base to Taliban, official says

An Afghan official says forces at Bagram air base, home to a prison housing 5,000 inmates, have surrendered to the Taliban. Bagram district chief Darwaish Raufi said Sunday that the surrender handed the one-time American base over to the insurgents. The prison housed both Taliban and Islamic State group fighters. It came as the Taliban entered the outskirts of Kabul.

Russia says Taliban promised safety of embassy in Kabul: Report

Russia's state news agency reported Sunday that the Taliban promised to guarantee the safety of the Russian embassy in Kabul.

Taliban head to presidential palace for transfer of power: Official

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of fear of reprisals, said Sunday that the goal was a peaceful handing over of the government to the Taliban

Amid Taliban offensive, 84 Afghan servicemen cross into Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry reported Sunday that 84 Afghan servicemen crossed the border into Uzbekistan asked for assistance.

Talks underway with Afghan govt for peaceful surrender of Kabul: Taliban

The Taliban said that there was no plan whatsoever to topple the capital city militarily

Taliban enter Kabul, say 'don't plan to take the capital by force'

Three Afghan officials told The Associated Press that the fighters were in the districts of Kalakan, Qarabagh and Paghman in the capital

Afghan officials say Taliban enter outskirts of capital, Kabul

Three Afghan officials tell The Associated Press that the Taliban have entered the outskirts of the capital, Kabul.

Taliban at Kabul's door after eastern city falls, US evacuating embassy

The United States started evacuating its diplomats and was sending more troops to help secure Kabul airport and the embassy

Taliban seize Jalalabad, cut off Afghan capital from east Kabul

An Afghan lawmaker and the Taliban say the militants have seized Jalalabad, cutting off Kabul to the east. The militants posted photos online early Sunday showing them in the governor's office in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. Abrarullah Murad, a lawmaker from the province told The Associated Press that the insurgents seized Jalalabad after elders negotiated the fall of the government there. The seizure Sunday comes amid rapid gains by the Taliban over the last week, pressuring Afghanistan's central government as US, British and Canadian forces rush troops in to help their diplomatic staffs still there. Thousands have poured into Kabul to flee the Taliban advance.

Donald Trump slams US Prez Joe Biden; accuses of failing Afghan policy

Former US prez Donald Trump has slammed his successor President Joe Biden and accused him of failing on Afghan policy as the Taliban continued to capture cities and provinces in the war-torn country.

Biden authorises deployment of approximately 5,000 US troops to Afghanistan

US President Joe Biden has ordered deployment of 5,000 troops to Afghanistan to ensure an orderly and safe drawdown of American personnel from the war-torn country

Afghan crisis: As Taliban tighten their grip, Kabul airport only way out

There's increasingly only one way out for those fleeing the war, and only one way in for US troops sent to protect American diplomats still on the ground: Kabul's international airport

Taliban capture Sharana, capital of Paktika province near Pakistan border

The Taliban have rapidly advanced across northern, western and southern Afghanistan in recent weeks and now control most of the country's provincial capitals

Afghan military was built over 20 years. How did it collapse so quickly?

Building the Afghan security apparatus was one of the key parts of the Obama administration's strategy

Afghan President says won't give up 'achievements' of last 20 years

Ghani offered few specifics in his speech and it wasn't immediately clear what help he was expecting from the West and his regional neighbours

Taliban takes over radio station in Kandahar after capturing Afghan city

The Taliban seized a radio station in Kandahar and took to the airwaves Saturday after capturing much of southern Afghanistan in a rapid offensive