The State Department will permanently close the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, which has been America's closest diplomatic mission to the Afghan border and was a primary operations and logistics point before, during and after the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.
The department notified Congress this week of its intent to close the consulate and said it would save $7.5 million per year, whi
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