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National News: In such a confused time about the representation of Afghanistan in India, one of the Afghan students, quite young, has been chosen to be posted as a diplomat at the Afghan Consulate in India.
This comes as Afghan diplomats appointed under the former Ashraf Ghani government have left India, seeking asylum in Western countries over the last three years. Left severely understaffed, this had resulted in leaving the Afghan Embassy and Consulates in India to one lone former diplomat, who was managing operations, sources told ABP Live.
The source said that the affiliation will be that of an Afghan national working for Afghans in India and added that the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) took cognizance of the need for additional diplomatic staff to assist the large Afghan community residing in India. As regards the issue of recognition, “there is a set process for recognition of any Government and India will continue to work with the international community on this issue,” the sources said.
This was done, sources claim, to cater to the large Afghan community based in India, which badly needs consular services. Thus, more staff are needed to adequately service the Afghan nationals already residing in India.
This comes days after New Delhi had sent a delegation to Afghanistan under JP Singh, Joint Secretary, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran Division of the MEA. It is for the first time that the Indian delegation has met the Interim Defense Minister of Afghanistan, Mullah Muhammad Yaqoob Mujahid. Earlier, Singh had met the Taliban Foreign Minister and others.
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The young student who has agreed to take on the responsibility of facilitating consular services for Afghan nationals has spent seven years in India and completed his doctorate at South Asia University on an MEA scholarship, sources said.
Importantly, the Taliban’s deputy foreign minister for political affairs Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai appeared on X, “The acting consul of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in the city of Mumbai, India, Mr. Dr. Hafiz Ikramuddin Kamil”.
In advance, the seniormost Afghan diplomat to India Zakia Wardak had quit in May reportedly over the alleged smuggling at the Mumbai airport.
Wardak was made acting ambassador of Kabul along with the Consul General of Hyderabad Sayed Mohammad Ibrahimkhil in December last year after the former ambassador of Afghanistan to India Farid Mamundzay announced the shutting down of the embassy in New Delhi. After wardak was removed, Ibrahimkhil took control but it seems he also has been removed.
