‘Coordinating with MEA for safe return of 200 Bengal residents stuck in Afghanistan’: Mamata

“The chief secretary will write to the Ministry of External Affairs to bring them back. We must first look after the safety of Indians,” she added.

Chief Secretary Hari Krishna Dwivedi has written to district administrations, asking them to prepare a list of residents stranded in Afghanistan. A senior state administration official said, “Mainly people from the Hill areas of the state are in Afghanistan. We are already preparing a list and will send it to the MEA very soon.”

Asked if the BJP-led Central government should revisit the immigration policy in light of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, Banerjee said, “It is a sensitive issue and a major policy decision.”