New Delhi: The Government of India's focus has been on evacuating its people trapped in Afghanistan since the start of Taliban rule. So far Indian embassy officials, staff, security personnel have been brought back safely. Preparations are now underway to bring back other Indians, according to reports, about 1,650 Indians have sought help at the Indian Embassy in Kabul.

According to media reports, helpline numbers, e-mail IDs were issued by the Ministry of External Affairs for Indians stranded in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, about 1,650 Indians have sought help to return home. It is believed that now that the Taliban secret has begun, the number may increase.  India has evacuated about 150 people till the past day. Most of them are people working in the Indian Embassy. But efforts are also being made to evacuate Indian employees and others trapped in other parts.

Several factory employees and others trapped in Kabul had appealed to the government the previous day that they would be evacuated safely. People from Ghazipur, Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, Dehradun in Uttarakhand, and Delhi had gone there for work purposes in Afghanistan.

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