‘Ensure Safe Evacuation of Indians’: PM Modi chairs high-level meet on Afghan situation

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, to assess the situation in war-torn Afghanistan. The meeting was attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. PM Modi 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.

Chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, PM 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. Rudrendra 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 not in the country. According to sources, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) was briefed in detail on the current and evolving security and political situation in Afghanistan. The CCS was also briefed on the recent evacuations of Indian Embassy officials and some members of the Indian community, as well as some members of Indian media.