Armenian Foreign Ministry has no information on the presence of RA  citizens in Afghanistan

ArmInfo.The Armenian Foreign Ministry has no information about the presence of RA citizens in Afghanistan. Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Vahan Hunanyan said  this in a statement.

Thus, in response to the request of ArmInfo, Hunanyan said that the  Armenian Foreign Ministry through various channels carried out work  to ascertain the presence of Armenian citizens in Afghanistan. 

Hunanyan  said, adding that, if necessary, you can establish contact with the  Foreign Ministry by calling the hotline +37455620111 (also on  Whatsapp, Viber) or e-mail [email protected] said, adding that,  if necessary, you can establish contact with the Foreign Ministry by  calling the hotline +37455620111 (also on Whatsapp, Viber) or e-mail  [email protected].

To recall, the Armenian peacekeepers as part of the NATO contingent  carried out a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. The last group of  Armenian soldiers returned from Kabul in March this year.

On Sunday, August 15, the Afghan government acknowledged its de facto  surrender to the Taliban. The Minister of Internal Affairs of the  Islamic Republic, Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal, announced that the  surrender of Kabul and the transfer of power in the capital would be  peaceful. The announcement came after Taliban fighters launched  several attacks on the city.

The Taliban took the buildings of Kabul University, flags of the  movement were seen in the capital. The Taliban commanders have issued  an order not to use violence and to allow anyone who wants to leave  the city. But the leaders of the group ordered to stop the advance of  the detachments and wait for directives, as negotiations are  underway.

On the morning of the same day, it became known that the country's  president, Ashraf Ghani, would resign in the coming hours. Shortly  thereafter, news emerged that Ghani had left Afghanistan, and former  Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali, a US citizen in his advanced  years, became the head of the interim government.  Government sources  then denied reports of Jalali's new position. The leapfrog with  statements and denials was also about who will pick up power after  the departure of the head of state.

Then it became known that the country would be temporarily ruled by a  certain body, which was to include the head of the Supreme Council  for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah and the former  President of the country Hamid Karzai. But after that, a Reuters  Taliban source said that the movement was waiting for a complete  transfer of power without the participation of the transitional  government.