According to Afghan media, the Afghan consulate in the city of Khorog, located in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan and controlled by the Taliban government, is closed. As reported by the Afghan publication “8-i Subh” on December 22, citing its sources in Tajikistan, the Taliban government recalled the consul of the previous Afghan government […]
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According to Afghan media, the Afghan consulate in the city of Khorog, located in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan and controlled by the Taliban government, is closed.
As reported by the Afghan publication “8-i Subh” on December 22, citing its sources in Tajikistan, the Taliban government recalled the consul of the previous Afghan government in Khorog, Nakibullo Dehkonzoda, who had recently cooperated with the Taliban.
According to the publication, the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs relieved Consul Dehkonzoda of his duties on December 15 of this year and temporarily suspended the activities of the Afghan consulate in Khorog.
The publication, citing its sources, also reports that after the suspension of the consulate’s activities, Dehkonzoda transferred $120,000 to the account of the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is unknown from which account these funds were transferred, who provided them, and for what purpose they were sent to the Taliban’s foreign ministry.
The publication “8-i Subh” reported that after the fall of Ashraf Ghani’s government in Afghanistan, the Afghan consul in Khorog, Nakibullo Dehkonzoda, managed to establish relations with the Taliban and hoped to be appointed as Afghanistan’s ambassador to Tajikistan instead of the current ambassador, Zahir Agbar.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan confirmed to local media the fact of the closure of the Afghan consulate in Khorog, noting that this decision is “an initiative of the acting government of Afghanistan.”
