US EditionAfghanistan's only female diplomat resigns in India after gold smuggling allegations
- An Afghan diplomat in India resigned after allegations of gold smuggling surfaced, with reports stating she was detained for the offense.
- Zakia Wardak, the Afghan consul-general for Mumbai, announced her resignation on social media following accusations of smuggling 25 bricks of gold from Dubai.
- Indian media reports have noted that she has diplomatic immunity and has not been arrested in connection with the incident.
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Afghan diplomat arrested for smuggling 25 kg of gold resigns, bids - private attacks cannot tolerate
Jakia Wardak was Afghanistan's working ambassador to India. She resigned a few days after being caught smuggling 25 kilograms of gold worth Rs 18. 6 crore from Dubai at Mumbai Airport last month.
Afghanistani diplomat in India, who took office before the Taliban took power in 2021, and was the only woman in her country's diplomatic service, resigned after reports emerged that she had been arrested for alleged gold smuggling.
Afghanistan's Only Female Diplomat Resigns In India After Gold-Smuggling Allegations
Afghanistan’s diplomat in India, who was appointed before the Taliban seized power in 2021 and said she was the only woman in the country's diplomatic service, has resigned after being detained for allegedly smuggling gold.
Afghanistan’s only female diplomat resigns in India after gold
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s diplomat in India, who was appointed before the Taliban seized power in 2021 and said she was the only woman in the country’s diplomatic service, has resigned after reports emerged of her being detained for allegedly smuggling gold. Zakia Wardak, the Afghan consul-general for Mumbai, announced her resignation on her official account on the social media
Days After She Was Caught 'Smuggling' Gold, Afghan Diplomat Steps Down
Soon after it came to light that she had been intercepted while allegedly trying to smuggle 25 kg of gold worth about Rs 18 crore into India from Dubai, Afghanistan's Consul General in Mumbai has announced that she is stepping down. Zakia Wardak attributed her decision to "personal attacks and defamation" and a "public narrative unfairly targeting the only female representative within this system". Ms Wardak had been intercepted with the gold at…
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