- Sunday, April 06, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
CAPTAIN Amarinder Singh, the chief minister of the northern Indian state of Punjab, on Monday (16) expressed a deep concern over the Taliban taking control of Afghanistan saying it was not a good sign for India.
In a tweet, Singh, a veteran leader of the Indian National Congress and a military historian, said, “Afghanistan’s fall to Taliban doesn’t augur well for our country. It’ll strengthen the Sino-Pak nexus against India (China has already sought militia’s help on Uyghur). The signs are not at all good, we need to be extra vigilant now at all our borders.”
Afghanistan’s fall to #Taliban doesn’t augur well for our country. It’ll strengthen the Sino-Pak nexus against India (China has already sought militia’s help on Uyghur). The signs are not at all good, we need to be extra vigilant now at all our borders.
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) August 15, 2021
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The extremist group took control of Kabul, the capital city, hours after Afghan president Ashraf Ghani fled the country and panic spread across the city with citizens rushing to the airport to catch flights to leave the country.
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On Monday, Singh also urged India’s external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to arrange for immediate evacuation of all Indians stranded in Afghanistan, including some hundreds of Sikhs who have remained stuck in a gurudwara since the Taliban took over.
He said his own government was ready to extend any help required to ensure the Indians’ safe evacuation.
Punjab will go to assembly elections next year.
India has been quickly evacuating hundreds of its officials and citizens from Kabul over the past few days as the Taliban made quick progress in taking control of the entire country.
