The foreign ministry letter, dated January 18, ends the 2018 agreement under which French troops were stationed there, and set a deadline of a month for their departure.
India has taken "strong note" of an Indian woman's allegation of sexual harassment in Pakistan High Commission and asked them to investigate the matter, Ministry of External Affairs Arindam Bagchi said in a press briefing on Thursday.
Responding to a media query over China's decision to lift the hold on designating Lashkar-e-Taiba deputy chief Abdul Rehman Makki, Beijing's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said, "The individual you mentioned has been convicted and sentenced by Pakistan, and this designation is
Tehran is also worried about China's recent embrace of Saudi Arabia and other GCC nations as Iran believed that China had taken a neutral stand in Iran's rivalry with Saudi Arabia in the Gulf region.
The blast that took place on Wednesday killed at least 5 and injured many others, Afghanistan's TOLOnews reported. It has received widespread condemnations at international levels.
This response comes after it was reported that a female educationist had levelled charges of sexual advances by some staff members of the Pakistani mission in India. The incident reportedly took place when she visited to apply for a visa at the New Delhi office.
India on Thursday condemned the terrorist attack in Kabul that took place outside the Taliban Foreign Ministry and extended its deepest condolences to the bereaved families.
China has condemned the attack that took place outside the Taliban Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, which killed at least five people and injured many others.
Kabul police chief Khalid Zadran said an explosion took place on the road outside the Afghan foreign ministry in which five were killed and a number of others were injured.
In a statement, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said expressed its condolences to the affected families and said that violence is not part of any solution to bring lasting peace to Afghanistan.
Zhao gained prominence as one of China's most outspoken "wolf warrior" diplomats and was transferred to the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs on Monday as deputy head of the ministry.