Amid the turmoil in Afghanistan, India has brought back 50 nationalists from Mazar-e-Sharif. The special flight from Mazar reached Delhi early morning today. 

Taliban has reached the gate of the city which is the capital of northern Balkh province. The province borders central Asia and is key to Afghanistan's connectivity with the region. India has around 1500 of its nationals in the country involved in various development works. In a security advisory, the Indian mission in Kabul has asked all Indian nationals to make immediate travel arrangements to return to India. The development comes even as India is evacuating its diplomats from its Mazar consulate amid an increased specter of violence as the Taliban makes territorial gains. The next 48 hours will see two key meetings on the Afghanistan situation in Doha. One is the Troika plus meet involving China, the US, Russia plus Pakistan while another on Thursday where a regional conference on Afghanistan in the city to which India has been invited. 

The national capital of India has been leading diplomatic engagement, at the meet, India's envoy to United Nations TS Tirumurti called on the Taliban. The meet was to engage in "negotiations in good faith", "eschew the path of violence" and "severe ties with the Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations" at the United Nations Security Council meeting on Afghanistan. Afghanistan also exposed Pakistan's support to the ongoing Taliban offensive in the country how the group continues to enjoy a "safe haven". 

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