Afghan embassy in India claims ‘lost access’ to Twitter account

New Delhi: Press Secretary to Afghan Embassy in India Abdulhaq Azad on Monday claimed that the official Twitter handle of the embassy “seems to be hacked” and he has “lost access”.
Azad’s remarks came just after the Tweet, which has now been taken down, expressing “strongly” displeasure over the “fleeing” of the country’s President Ashraf Ghani from the war-torn country in order to avoid “bloodshed”.
 “I have lost access to Twitter handle of @AfghanistanInIN, a friend sent screen shot of this tweet, (this tweet is hidden from me.) I have tried to log in but can’t access. Seems it is hacked,” Abdulhaq Azad tweeted.
I have lost access to Twitter handle of @AfghanistanInIN , a friend sent screen shot of this tweet, (this tweet is hidden from me.) I have tried to log in but can’t access. Seems it is hacked. @FMamundzay @FFazly @hmohib pic.twitter.com/kcdlGMpCZ7 — Abdulhaq (@AbdulhaqA) August 16, 2021  Embassy sources said that unusual activity was detected on the Twitter account of the Afghan Embassy in India.
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