Afghanistan crisis: Embassy staff among 200 Indians stuck in Kabul

India on Monday said it was constantly monitoring the situation

India's defence top brass, the foreign policy establishment, and senior intelligence officials are understood to have reviewed the fast-paced developments in Afghanistan on Monday, a day after the Taliban seized control of the country 20 years after it was ousted by a US-led military coalition.

People familiar with the meetings said the immediate priority of the government is to evacuate nearly 200 Indians, including Indian embassy staffers and security personnel from Kabul, as the situation in the Afghan capital was fast deteriorating after the Taliban captured it on Sunday night.

In its first reaction to the unfolding developments in Afghanistan, India on