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Manpreet Vohra India's New Envoy To Afghanistan

Darpan News Desk IANS, 02 Nov, 2015 10:27 AM
    Manpreet Vohra, a 1984-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, will be India's next ambassador to Afghanistan, an official statement said on Monday.
     
    Vohra, presently working as joint secretary in the external affairs, is expected to take up his assignment shortly, the statement said.
     
    He succeeds Amar Sinha, who was in Kabul since 2013.

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