{"id":19254,"date":"2026-03-12T05:47:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=19254"},"modified":"2026-03-12T05:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:47:56","slug":"united-states-to-permanently-close-consulate-in-peshawar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/03\/12\/united-states-to-permanently-close-consulate-in-peshawar\/","title":{"rendered":"United States to permanently close consulate in Peshawar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The United States Department of State has announced that the U.S. consulate in Peshawar will be permanently closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Associated Press reported early Thursday that the closure is part of a broader effort to downsize U.S. diplomatic missions worldwide, an initiative launched about a year ago by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The department said shutting down the consulate will save approximately $7.5 million annually in operating costs without harming U.S. interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the closure, consular services previously handled in Peshawar will be managed by the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad and the country\u2019s consulates in Karachi and Lahore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the statement, the Peshawar consulate currently employs 18 U.S. diplomats and government staff along with 89 locally hired employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the report emphasized that the decision is unrelated to the ongoing tensions involving Iran, the closure comes at a time when the United States is engaged in heightened regional conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The United States Department of State has announced that the U.S. consulate in Peshawar will be permanently closed. The Associated Press reported early Thursday that the closure is part of a broader effort to downsize U.S. diplomatic missions worldwide, an initiative launched about a year ago by the Trump administration. The department said shutting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19256,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19254\/revisions\/19256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}