Taliban make efforts to evacuate citizens from Ukraine
The Taliban-led interim government in Afghanistan has said that it was working to evacuate Afghan nationals from crisis-hit Ukraine.
The government “is concerned for the safety of Afghan citizens and students in Ukraine, and is utilizing all available facilities and communication channels to safeguard its citizens and evacuate them to safety,” said Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesperson for the Afghan Foreign Ministry.
Balkhi said the Taliban government “is in close contact with several regional governments and international organizations in this regard.”
Several countries are evacuating citizens from Ukraine as Moscow’s military intervention entered its third day, with the latest reports indicating clashes between Russian and Ukrainian forces in the capital Kiev.