Russian embassy in Kabul suspends services after explosion

Kabul [Afghanistan], September 14 (ANI): After a latest explosion close to the Russian embassy in Kabul, the embassy has stopped all consular providers, together with the issuance of visas and different paperwork, in line with a press release launched on Tuesday, Khaama Press reported.

In accordance with a message posted on the Russian embassy’s Telegram channel, the suspension of the consular providers and visa issuance comes proper after a large explosion occurred close to the embassy.

The candidates are to not go to the embassy “till additional discover,” Khaama Press reported.

“We’re engaged on choices for issuing paperwork accepted. No new purposes are accepted, no consular providers are offered, no new visas are issued,” the Russian embassy’s assertion learn.

On account of the explosion, two members of the Russian diplomatic mission had been killed after an explosive system was detonated by an unidentified rebel early on September 5.

The explosion occurred on the Russian embassy’s entrance, close to the consular division in Kabul inflicting 10 different civilian casualties.

This Kabul explosion comes days after at the least 20 folks had been killed in a blast that rocked a mosque in northwestern Afghanistan throughout Friday prayers. In latest months, a variety of blasts have been reported within the capital metropolis of Kabul, claiming dozens of harmless lives.

This collection of blasts comes on the heels of 1 yr of Taliban rule in Afghanistan. Rights teams stated the Taliban had damaged a number of pledges to respect human and girls’s rights.After capturing Kabul in August final yr, the Islamic authorities have imposed extreme restrictions on ladies’s and women’ rights, suppressed the media, and arbitrarily detained, tortured, and summarily executed critics and perceived opponents, amongst different abuses.

Rights teams say that the Taliban’s human rights abuses have introduced widespread condemnation and imperilled worldwide efforts to handle the nation’s dire humanitarian scenario. (ANI)