Afghan Embassy in India Permanently Shuts Down

Publishing a statement on Friday, the Afghan embassy in Delhi, the capital of India, announced the complete suspension of its activities.

It has been stated that "the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Delhi has been permanently closed”.

The Afghan Embassy in India announced that the closure of political representation has been implemented since Thursday.

It has called the persistent challenges from the Indian government as the reasons for the complete closure of this agency.

The embassy stated that, despite an eight-week wait, there was no sign of a change in the Indian government's attitude toward extending visas for diplomats.

The Afghan Embassy in Delhi has sent all the financial details of the embassy to the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 110 pages, which includes a bank account with 500,000 dollars.

The embassy has requested the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to continue displaying the flag of Afghanistan.

The Afghan Embassy in Delhi announced at the beginning of this year that it has to stop all its activities due to unprecedented conditions. At that time, in a statement, it wrote that it took the decision due to the lack of support from the Indian government.

Following that, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India announced that the Afghan embassy in Delhi will continue its operations.

However, the Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi confirmed that earlier the Afghan ambassador in Delhi had a prolonged absence and that a large number of diplomats had left the country.

After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the Afghan embassy in Delhi was operated by the diplomats of the previous government and with the permission of the Indian government.