KABUL, 20 February 2022, (TON): The Afghan ambassador in Washington has stepped down from her post, a senior official at the embassy said, calling the new restrictions imposed by the US Department of State on the embassy the reason for her resignation.

Afghan deputy ambassador Abdul Hadi Nijrabi told TOLOnews that the US State Department had decided to stop political and diplomatic activities of Afghanistan in the US. He said the State Department in a letter to the Afghanistan embassy in Washington demanded the diplomatic activities be halted.

He said “the letter sent by the US State Department to the embassy said only the ambassador is allowed to continue work from home, but not on political and diplomatic activities. The rest of the diplomats cannot work anymore.”

Former diplomats and political analysts believe that the end of Afghanistan’s diplomatic missions abroad will marginalize the current Afghan government around the world.

“The closure of the Afghanistan embassies will create a distance between the Afghan government and the world. This will makes a big problem for the new government which and will play a negative role in their recognition,” said Noorullah Raghi, former diplomat.