NEW DELHI: Taliban fighters in Afghan have shot and killed a relative of a Deutsche Welle journalist while hunting for him, the German public broadcaster said. The militants were conducting a home-to-home search for the journalist, who now works in Germany, DW said Thursday.

The Taliban have searched the closed Indian Consulates in Kandahar and Herat two days ago and reportedly took some documents from the two missions, sources in the security set-up said. According to the sources, the insurgents broke into the Consulate buildings and also took parked vehicles. Amidst the critical state of affairs in Afghan, the Indian Embassy personnel were evacuated by an Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft on Tuesday, bringing back 120 Indians, including ITBP personnel from the Kabul airport.

The evacuation of remaining Indian workers were also discussed in the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) wherein Prime Minister Narendra Modi directed to take all necessary steps to bring them back.  Earlier, the Indian embassy in Kabul was functioning with reduced staff members but evaluating the critical situation in the country, the government decided to call all of them back.

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