The Afghan embassy in India has suspended all operations after the ambassador and other senior diplomats appointed by the earlier government left the country for Europe and the United States where they gained asylum, three embassy officials said. (https://neuters.de/world/asia-pacific/afghan-embassy-india-suspends-operations-diplomats-govt-before-taliban-leave-2023-09-29/) At least five Afghan diplomats have left India, the embassy officials said. The Indian government will now take over the diplomatic compound in a caretaker capacity, one of the Afghan officials said. Asked about the matter, an Indian foreign ministry official in New Delhi said they were looking into the developments, without giving any details. Taliban officials in Kabul were not immediately available for comment. India does not recognise the Taliban government, and closed its own embassy in Kabul after the Taliban took control in 2021, but New Delhi had allowed the ambassador and mission staff appointed by the Western-backed government of ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to issue visas and handle trade matters.
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