With the ambassador in UK for past few months, Consuls General Zakia Wardak and Sayed Mohammad Ibrahimkhil have assumed leadership of Afghan embassy following meetings with MEA.
Statement released by embassy claims it was closing down owing to 'persistent challenges' from the Indian govt. The embassy had previously announced 'cessation of operations' in Delhi from Oct.
The mission also cited 'failure to meet expectations in serving Afghanistan's interests' and the absence of a legitimate functioning government in Kabul as reasons.
Afghan Consul General Zakia Wardak & acting Consul General Syed Mohammad Ibrahimkhail say they will continue to carry out their duties, days after embassy purportedly wrote to MEA.
Confirming the layoffs Afghan ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay cites lack of available funding both from Kabul and other sources'. 4 Afghan staff also 'dismissed'.
Kumar Tuhin, director general (ICCR), Ministry of External Affairs, said no student would be forced to leave India against their wishes, adding scholarships issue will be resolved.
In an exclusive interview, ambassador Farid Mamundzay calls on regional players to be "unified" & warns of terror groups backed by Taliban who have “regional and international ambitions”.
After the illegal detention of Prema Wangjom Thongdok at Shanghai airport, China once again fell back on a deliberate playbook it has used for decades.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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