New Delhi: According to the Government sources Taliban’s entered two of India’s consulates in Afghanistan on Wednesday, searched for documents and took away parked cars. Government sources on Friday said members of the Taliban ransacked the Indian consulates in Kandahar and Herat, which are closed.

Talibans searched closets in Kandahar for papers and took away vehicles parked at both the consulates. Taliban had reached out to Delhi, saying that did not want India to evacuate diplomats from its Kabul embassy, days before the raid. Sources say the Government had received messages from the group’s Qatar office assuring them of the safety of Indian staff and security personnel.

The messages sent from the office of Abbas Stanikzai, the Chief of the Taliban’s political unit were routed via contacts in Kabul and Delhi. India operated four consulates in the country, besides the embassy in Kabul. Apart from Kandahar and Herat, India also had a consulate in Mazar-I-Sharif, which was shut down days before the Taliban took control. The embassy in Kabul is not officially shut; it is operating with local help.