美国正在关闭白沙瓦领事馆,每年节省750万美元,将服务搬迁到伊斯兰堡和其他城市。 The U.S. is closing its Peshawar consulate for $7.5M in annual savings, relocating services to Islamabad and other cities.

美国国务院将永久关闭其在巴基斯坦白沙瓦的领事馆,这是美国驻阿富汗边界最接近的外交使团,每年节省750万美元,不会损害美国国家利益。 The U.S. State Department will permanently close its consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, its closest diplomatic mission to the Afghan border, citing $7.5 million in annual savings and no harm to U.S. national interests. 该举措是在特朗普政府下发起、并正在审查一年多的更广泛的联邦缩编努力的一部分,将把领事服务迁至美国驻伊斯兰堡大使馆以及卡拉奇和拉合尔的领事馆。 The move, part of a broader federal downsizing effort initiated under the Trump administration and under review for over a year, will relocate consular services to the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad and consulates in Karachi and Lahore. 白沙瓦领馆雇用18名美国和89名当地工作人员,是陆路进入阿富汗的主要业务中心,也是美国公民和阿富汗国民的联络点。 The Peshawar consulate, which employed 18 U.S. and 89 local staff, served as a key operations hub for overland access to Afghanistan and a point of contact for U.S. citizens and Afghan nationals. 关闭费用共计300万美元,其中包括搬迁用作临时办公室的装甲拖车的180万美元。 Closing costs will total $3 million, including $1.8 million to relocate armored trailers used as temporary offices. 国务院证实,所有核心任务,包括公民援助和外国援助监督,将继续不间断地进行。 The State Department confirmed that all core missions, including citizen assistance and foreign aid oversight, will continue uninterrupted.