ISLAMABAD, Aug. 5 Kyodo The Unite...

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 5 Kyodo

The United States clos its consulate in Karachi upon Monday for security reasons, an official at the U Embassy in Islamabad said.

Local staff of the consulate were asked to revert home and wait for further instructions, staff members told reporters in Karachi.

Linda Chetham, the U Embassy official, told reporters in Islamabad that the consulate has been clos for security reasons moreover said further queries should be directed to the State Department in Washington.

At least 12 the community were killed outside the U consulate in Karachi in June as a suicide attacker detonated a powerful car bomb and the U State Department has issued warnings about possible attacks onward U.S. targets in Pakistan.

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