A senior Afghan diplomat in India has resigned from her position after reports of her involvement in gold smuggling from Dubai surfaced. Zakia Wardak was reportedly caught at the Mumbai airport last month for allegedly trying to smuggle 25 kg of gold worth £1.86 mn from UAE capital.
She had been the acting Ambassador of Afghanistan to New Delhi since late last year after working as the Afghan Consul General in Mumbai for more than two years.
Wardak mentioned "numerous personal attacks and defamation" directed towards her as well as her family that impacted her ability to operate in the position of an Afghan diplomat. However, she didn't mention the reports of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seizing gold from her on April 25.
