kolkata the bengal government will shortly write to the external affairs ministry mea with a list of the states citizens stuck in afghanistan so that they can be evacuated chief minister mamata banerjee said a little over 200 people from darjeeling terai and the dooars were stranded in kabul i have asked the chief secretary to write to the mea to ensure their safe return a little over 200 people are stuck in afghanistan she said a few dozen more from north 24 parganas and nadia are stranded there as well it was learnt we have asked dms to give names of people working in the country we are talking to mea officials to get updates of those who are stranded there said a nabanna official while 97 workers from north bengal have so far been evacuated the others are held up in kabul and other parts of afghanistan these workers many of whom have been in afghanistan for years have even taken to social networking platforms to send out desperate messages for help in a video message accessed by toi a group of indian workers mainly from north bengal have pleaded for rescuewe are nearly 140 men stranded in kabul now we appeal to the indian government to take us out from this city as soon as possible we dont have any provision for food or drink neither do we have any access to banks the person said in a messagedarjeeling mp raju bista said he was constantly in touch with many of them the condition there is very grave there are between 150 and 200 workers who are stranded in kabul now they are mainly from areas like darjeeling kalimpong and the dooars in one camp alone there are nearly 150 such workers i am in touch with the prime ministers office and the mea he addedthere are several private companies where indian people have been working for long we are connecting their family members to government officials and lawmakers said upendra m pradhan a social activist from darjeeling bandana rai thapa whose husband had been working at a private company in kabul and was rescued on monday is happy i had a word with him once he reached dubai i heard that nearly 40 people working in my husbands company many of whom are from darjeeling were rescued on monday it was such a big relief for us my husband has been telling me that there are a lot of companies in afghanistan where a number of people from north bengal work when the taliban stormed the city they robbed many some indians lost their passports when the taliban attacked them i heard that there are many who are still stranded there their family members are in distress