S Jaishankar to brief political parties on Afghanistan crisis today

The central government has called an all-party meeting today on the Afghanistan situation. The meeting is scheduled to take place at 11am. External affairs minister S Jaishankar will brief the floor leaders of all the political parties on the situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban take over.

Reports said that the government's briefing is expected to focus on its evacuation mission from Afghanistan as well as its assessment of the security situation.

India has so far brought back more than 800 people from Afghanistan. Since August 15, when Taliban took over, a number of flights have brought back Indian nationals and members of the Afghan Sikh and Hindu communities.

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A fresh batch of 180 people, evacuated from Afghanistan, is expected to arrive in India from Kabul in a military aircraft on Thursday. India has named its evacuation mission 'Operation Devi Shakti'.