Afghanistan embassies’ websites in Canada, Italy, Switzerland shut down

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan’s diplomatic mission’s websites in Canada, Italy, Switzerland and Germany have been shut down.

The development comes after the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) in a statement said that the services of some countries in Europe were not acceptable for them.

On August 2, 2024, afternoon Afghanistan’s diplomatic missions’ websites in Canada, Italy, Switzerland and Germany’s Bonn Cities remained shut and the reason behind this shut down was also unknown.

But Afghanistan’s diplomatic missions’ websites in London, Berlin, Australia, France, Greece, Poland, Sweden, Norway and Australia are opened and remained functional.

Noorullah, and Afghan living in Canada, told Wesal TV that Afghanistan’s embassy website in Canada --- https://www.ottawa.mfa.af has been blocked; the website domain is in Afghanistan and with its shut down the embassy staff also lost access to their e-mails.

Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said consular services provided by Afghan embassies in Canada, Australia and nearly a dozen European countries are not acceptable.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) consistently strived to defend the legitimate rights of Afghan nationals residing abroad, particularly in European countries, and provide them with easy consular services, the MoFA said in a statement.

The MoFA has repeatedly urged Afghan political and consular missions in European countries to engage with Kabul to at least address consular services-related issues of Afghans and provide them with better services.

“Unfortunately, the actions of most of the missions are carried out without coordination, arbitrarily and in explicit violation of the existing accepted principles,” the statement added.