Afghan consulate in Peshawar reopens today.

PESHAWAR -- The Afghan consulate in Peshawar, which was closed in protest after raid by police on its property about two months ago, will reopen on Friday (today).

First Secretary Faridoon Khalil said in a brief statement issued here on Thursday that the consulate would start functioning from Friday (today). He said that visa section would start issuing visas.

The consulate was shut down in protest on October 11 when district administration along with police removed Afghanistan's national flag from a disputed property in the city.

The district administration had evicted 180 Afghan shopkeepers from the market and removed Afghanistan national flag after a contempt of court petition was filed in the Peshawar High Court by Syed Intekhab Haider Abidi, the market's owner, seeking...