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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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…
After accusing her of stealing gold, the only Afghan diplomat resigned.
The Afghan State Attorney General in Mumbai, Zakia Wardak, announced today (September) that she had resigned days after the news that she had been briefly detained at the city airport on charges of smuggling 25 pieces of gold, each weighing one kilogram. The Afghan diplomat who served in India before the Taliban took power in 2021, she is the only woman in the Afghan diplomatic corps. According to Indian media reports, she was not arrested becau…
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