- Monday, February 24, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
A MAN from Mancherial in the South Indian state of Telangana has found himself stranded in Afghanistan where the situation has worsened after the Taliban took over power on Sunday (15) and appealed to the Indian government to evacuate him.
According to a report in The Times of India, the 44-year-old, identified as B Rajanna, works as a supervisor in a construction company and had gone to Kabul on August 8. He had come home only last month on his annual leave before returning to Afghanistan.
ALSO READ: 300 Sikhs take shelter in Kabul gurudwara, Taliban assure safety
“Little did I imagine that I would be caught in this situation when I landed back in Kabul,” Rajanna told the Times from the Afghan capital. His family in India was concerned about his well-being.
India brings back diplomats, officials from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
Social worker Patkuri Basanth Reddy assured Rajanna that he would take up this issue with the government.
Rajanna said he heard gunshots on Sunday from a place not far from his official accommodation and since the Kabul airspace has been shut with no commercial flights operating from Afghanistan, he is spending his days in fear.
Though Rajanna has no problem with food and accommodation, but the ambience is tense.
When Rajanna was asked what made him go to Afghanistan since the Taliban were regaining control of several cities in the country, he said that they had not anticipated that the extremist group would take control of the country this fast, the report added.
