The Indian embassy in Kabul is not closed and local staff is providing consular services, ANI news agency reported, citing sources. More than 1,650 people have applied to return to India, the ANI reports.
Fears are looming in the war-torn country, which fell to the Taliban on Sunday as US troops began to leave the country after 20 years of occupation. Thousands swarm the Kabul airport, desperate for a chance to leave the country.