The Afghan embassy in Norway has confirmed it will close its doors on Thursday, September 12, at the request of the Norwegian government.The announcement comes just a day after the embassy in London announced it had been given notice by the British government to close by September 27.
Both embassies were being run by diplomats appointed by the former republic government.According to the Oslo embassy, all embassy property will be handed over to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.No details were given as to why Norway ordered the closure of the embassy.
Afghan embassy staff at numerous missions around the world continued to operate after the fall of the previous government.While no country has officially recognized the Islamic Emirate government, a number of them in the Middle East and Asia have accepted Islamic Emirate diplomatic representation.Embassies in the West, appointed by the Ashraf Ghani government have mostly continued to operate.However, at the end of July, the Islamic Emirate announced that it no longer recognizes Afghanistan&s diplomatic missions set up by the former, Western-backed government and that they will not honor passports, visas and other documents issued by diplomats associated with the previous administration.The Islamic Emirate&s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in July that documents issued by missions in London, Berlin, Belgium, Bonn, Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy, Greece, Poland, Australia, Sweden, Canada and Norway are no longer acceptedThe post Afghan embassy in Norway ordered by Oslo to close down first appeared on Ariana News.
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