Officials working in Afghan government security services are also fleeing to other countries to save their lives after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country fearing the Taliban. Asif, the Afghan intelligence officer, said hours after reaching Delhi, I had to run, otherwise, the Taliban would have killed me. it's all over. I could not bring my family along. During this, tears kept flowing from his eyes.
The 41-year-old officer took the last commercial flight from Kabul to Delhi on Sunday to avoid his 'certain death' and dropped his ailing mother, wife, and eight-year-old son in Kabul. One of his compatriots of Afghan origin helped him and got him a room in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar at a rent of Rs 500 per day.
An intelligence officer working in the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the Taliban are capturing us and killing us. He had sent a notice saying that we should rebel against the government or be ready to die. We lost hope after President Ghani left the country.
Hundreds of officers have fled Kabul to Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and other countries. He does not even know whether his family members are safe there or not as internet services have stopped. He said that he does not think that he will be able to return to his country or bring his family back to India.