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The afghan embassy in Islamabad has warned that Pakistan plans to expel all Afghan refugees, citing ongoing arrests and forced relocations in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The embassy criticized the lack of formal communication from Pakistani authorities. Pakistan hosts approximately 1.45 million registered Afghan refugees, alongside many undocumented individuals. The situation raises concerns over the treatment and future of Afghan refugees in the country.

The afghan embassy in India has suspended all operations after the ambassador and other senior diplomats left the country for Europe and the United States where they gained asylum, three embassy officials said on Friday.The embassy, which was of the ousted Afghanistan government before Taliban takeover, had been financially struggling for two years.The development could pave the way for Taliban diplomats to take over, Bloomberg reported.

Afghanistan embassy announces permanent closure of the diplomatic mission in New Delhi due to persistent challenges from the Indian government; the decision follows the earlier cessation of operations on September 30. All diplomats from Afghan Republic have left India, marking the conclusion of 22 years of diplomatic presence. The embassy hopes Indian government stance will favorably change to let mission operate normally. Embassy acknowledges potential characterization of move as internal conflict but asserts it is result of broader policy and interest changes. Embassy extends gratitude to Afghan citizens for their understanding and support throughout the tenure.

The Afghanistan embassy in New Delhi, which had announced a suspension of operations, is still functioning, according to the foreign ministry. The embassy had cited a lack of support from the Indian government as one of the reasons for closing down. The development may pave the way for Taliban diplomats to take over. India has allowed the ambassador and mission staff appointed by the previous Afghan government to handle visas and trade matters, but does not officially recognize the Taliban government.

As diplomats owing allegiance to the previous government in Afghanistan announced they were shutting down the embassy, the Afghan consul general in Mumbai, along with the acting consul general in Hyderabad, stepped in to ensure continued operation of the embassy and said there will be no disruption of consular services for Afghan nationals. The officials urged Afghan nationals to ignore the "fraudulent'' communication saying these diplomats, led by former ambassador Farid Mamundzay, were based abroad and had no locus standi in the internal affairs of the Afghanistan embassy.

A Taliban envoy has been sent to neighbouring Pakistan to take charge of the afghan embassy, two months after the hardline Islamist group seized power, officials said Friday. The last ambassador of the afghan embassy was withdrawn by the former US-backed government several months ago following the alleged kidnapping of his daughter in leafy Islamabad.

Umar Iqbal, from Pulwama district, said he entered Iran on a 12-day visa after his route through the region began to close around him in Iraq.

With the Afghanistan embassy in Delhi effectively shut, the Taliban are pushing India for the appointment of their own diplomat here to handle relations with India. India hasn’t officially recognised the dispensation in Kabul but it reopened its embassy last year and has worked with local officials for distribution of humanitarian aid.

Afghanistan has called on Pakistan to release thousands of containers of imports that are stuck at Karachi port due to a clampdown on transnational cargo. Pakistan claims to have lost millions of dollars in taxes as goods are being sent duty-free to Afghanistan and then smuggled back. Afghan authorities say Pakistan has stopped over 3,000 Afghanistan-bound containers at Karachi port, causing significant losses for traders. The trade dispute is one of several issues that have strained relations between the two countries since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan.

The daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan was abducted and assaulted before being released by unknown assailants in Islamabad, the afghan embassy said on Saturday. Pakistan said city police had launched an investigation as soon as news of the disturbing incident surfaced on Friday and that “such incidents cannot and will not be tolerated”.

The Taliban's abrupt return to power has left hundreds of Afghan diplomats overseas in limbo: running out of money to keep missions operating, fearful for families back home and desperate to secure refuge abroad. The Islamist militant movement, which swiftly ousted Afghanistan's Western-backed government on August 15, said on Tuesday that it had sent messages to all of its embassies telling diplomats to continue their work.

In the past two years, some Afghan diplomats have left India as they obtained residency in third countries. The remaining Afghan diplomats have taken over the responsibility for the continued diplomatic functioning of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in India. The afghan embassy in New Delhi, under Ambassador Farid Mamundzay, announced its permanent closure, citing persistent challenges from the Indian government. Mamundzay's announcement is believed to be related to an internal power struggle and the departure of around 20 diplomats seeking asylum in the West.

NEW DELHI: Of an estimated 22,000 Afghan nationals now in India, only 10,000 with valid passports are presently registered with the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO).

nashik the nashik rural police have received approval of the afghan embassy to send the body of afghan refugee ahmed zarif chisti to his home country“the body which was kept in cold storage facility in nashik ever since his murder on july 5 will be sent to the j j j hospital in mumbai from where the embassy would take up the procedure of sending chisti’s body to his home country for burial.