The Taliban did not want India to evacuate diplomats from its Kabul emtestravi2 (Copy) 1
The Taliban did not want India to evacuate diplomats from its Kabul embassy, sources told NDTV today, indicating that the government had received messages from the group's Qatar office assuring them of the safety of Indian staff and security personnel.
These messages - sent from the office of Abbas Stanikzai, the chief of the Taliban's political unit - were routed via contacts in Kabul and Delhi, and were delivered before the embassy evacuations.
Sources have told NDTV the messages - viewed as a sort of outreach effort by the Taliban - were relayed to the government said Indian diplomats and embassy personnel would be unharmed. it also said India need fear no attacks on its embassy or staff from groups like the Lashkar or Jaish.
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