Times of Islamabad

Pakistan embassy in Kabul makes important announcement

Pakistan embassy in Kabul makes important announcement

ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan embassy in Kabul announced to resume its fullconsular services with effect from today (Sunday) after 55 days.

The embassy made this announcement over Twitter saying: “@PakEmbKabul ishappy to announce that it would be resuming its full consular services witheffect from Sunday, 29 December, 2019”.

Pakistan Embassy @PakEmbKabullink is happy to announcethat it would be resuming its full consular services with effect fromSunday, 29 December , 2019. @ForeignOfficePklink @mfa_afghanistanlink

— PakEmbKabul (@PakEmbKabul) December 28, 2019link

On November4, Pakistani Embassy in Kabul closed for an indefinite perioddue to the harassment diplomats in Afghanistan.

“Due to security reasons, Consular Section of the Embassy of Pakistan,Kabul will be closed from tomorrow Monday, 4th November, 2019 until furtherintimation,” Pakistani mission said in a statement.

A day earlier, Pakistani diplomatslinkfaced harassment by officials in Afghanistan as many complaints wereemerged last night.

According to the diplomatic sources, the Afghanistan intelligence service’sofficials allegedly harassed Pakistani diplomats in Afghanistan. It wasalso reported that Afghan officials used abusive language with thePakistani diplomats.