The German Embassy in Afghanistan was closed on Friday as thousands of panicked Afghans scrambled to flee the war-ravaged country.
“The German Embassy in Kabul is currently closed,” the embassy said on Twitter, adding that the Foreign Ministry had opened a hotline for Afghan nationals who are eligible to leave for Germany.
Apart from the crowd of thousands of desperate Afghans at the airport hoping to flee the country following a Taliban takeover on Sunday, hundreds more have been waiting outside the embassies of Western nations in the hope of a visa to leave the war-ravaged country.
A number of Afghans in Kabul previously associated with various German aid agencies staged a protest on Thursday.
Source: Anadolu Agency