Afghanistan calls India a ‘close friend’ as New Delhi announces reopening of Kabul embassy
- 10-Oct-2025
New Delhi: India will upgrade its technical mission in Afghanistan to a full embassy, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said Friday, as he met his counterpart from Kabul in New Delhi. Russia is the only country to officially recognise the Afghan Taliban government since they seized control of the country in August 2021, although several nations […]
Pakistan hopes attack on Kabul embassy to be thoroughly probed
- 05-Dec-2022
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday said it was in active contact with the Afghan authorities on the matter of attack on Pakistani Embassy in Kabul, expressing confidence that the matter would be fully investigated, ARY News reported. In a statement, FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said the foreign office was in active contact […]
Pakistan says verifying reports about IS-K claiming attack on Kabul embassy
- 04-Dec-2022
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) said on Sunday that it was “verifying the veracity of reports” claiming that outlawed Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-KP) had accepted responsibility for attacking the Pakistan embassy in Kabul. The Pakistani embassy came under attack in Kabul on Friday with gunfire wounding a Pakistani security guard in what Islamabad called […]
Saudi Arabia reopens Kabul’s consular section
- 01-Dec-2021
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday reopening the consular section of its embassy in Kabul months after closing it following a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, ARY NEWS reported. The Saudi Foreign Ministry made the announcement which was carried by the state news agency. “The decision stems from the Kingdom’s keenness to provide all consular services […]
Pakistan not closing down its embassy in Kabul: Foreign Office
- 15-Aug-2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday said that it has not decided to close down the embassy in Kabul and is monitoring the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, ARY NEWS reported quoting Foreign Office spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri. According to the spokesman, all security measures have been taken for diplomatic staff in the Pakistan embassy and relief is […]