India Announces New E-Visa To Fast-Track Requests Amid Afghanistan Crisis
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The government today announced a new category of electronic visa to fast-track applications from Afghans who wish to leave the Taliban-controlled country. The new visa category is called "e-Emergency X-Misc Visa".
Thousands of people, desperate to flee the land-locked nation, have been thronging capital Kabul's airport since Sunday, after the Taliban seized the capital. Five people died in Monday's chaos- it is not known yet whether by firing by US forces or a stampede.
"MHA reviews visa provisions in view of the current situation in Afghanistan. A new category of electronic visa called "e-Emergency X-Misc Visa" introduced to fast-track visa applications for entry into India," the spokesperson of the Union Home Ministry tweeted.
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