Blinken talks to EAM Jaishankar on Afghan crisis
The Hindu
‘Underlined the urgency of restoring airport operations in Kabul’, says Jaishankar after the talk
U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken spoke with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar on Monday . The Taliban on Sunday, Augut 15, 2021, seized the held by the country's central government, cutting off the Afghan capital to the east. Taliban insurgents began moving towards Kabul following the overnight collapse of the two remaining cities of Mazar-e-Sharif and Jalalabad.
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