Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan)

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dari: وزارت خارجه افغانستان
Pashto: د افغانستان د بهرنیو چارو وزارت
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Department overview
Formed1907 (1907)
JurisdictionAfghanistan
HeadquartersKabul
34°31′31″N 69°10′36″E / 34.525188°N 69.176687°E / 34.525188; 69.176687Coordinates: 34°31′31″N 69°10′36″E / 34.525188°N 69.176687°E / 34.525188; 69.176687
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Deputy Minister responsible
Department executive
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (MoFA)[1] (Dari: وزارت خارجه افغانستان, Pashto: د افغانستان د بهرنیو چارو وزارت) is the cabinet ministry responsible for managing the foreign relations of Afghanistan.

List of ministers[]

Portrait Name Took office Left office Political affiliation
Mirza Ghulam Mohammad Mir Munsi 1907 1917 Independent
WP Sardar Mohammed Aziz Khan.jpg Sardar Mohammed Aziz Khan[a] 1917 1919 Independent
Mahmud Tarzi in 1920-cropped.jpg Mahmud Tarzi 1919 1922 Independent
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-09232, Mohammed Bali Khan.jpg Mohammad Wali Khan Darwazi 1922 1924 Independent
Sardar Shir Ahmad
(acting) 		1924 1924 Independent
Mahmud Tarzi in 1920-cropped.jpg Mahmud Tarzi 1924 1927 Independent
Ghulam Siddiq Khan Charkhi
(acting) 		1927 1927 Independent
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-09232, Mohammed Bali Khan.jpg Mohammad Wali Khan Darwazi
(acting) 		1927 1928 Independent
Ghulam Siddiq Khan Charkhi 1928 1929 Independent
Ata al-Haqq[2] January 1929 1929 Saqqawist
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-09232, Mohammed Bali Khan.jpg Mohammad Wali Khan Darwazi
(acting) 		1929 1929 Independent
Ali Mohammad Khan
(acting) 		1929 1929 Independent
Faiz Muhammad Khan Zikeria 1929 1938 Independent
Ali Mohammad Khan 1938 1953 Independent
Sultan Ahmed Sherzai 1953 1953 Independent
Mohammed Naim Khan 1953 1963 Independent
Mohammad Yusuf[b] 1963 1965 Independent
Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi[c] 1965 1971 Independent
Mohammad Musa Shafiq[d] 1971 1973 Independent
Mohammed Daoud Khan (cropped).jpg Mohammed Daoud Khan[e] 1973 1977 Republican
(from 1974)
Waheed Abdullah 1977 1978 Republican
Hafizullah Amin.jpg Hafizullah Amin 1978 1979 PDPA–Khalq
Shah Wali 1979 1979 PDPA–Khalq
 [ru] 1979 1986 PDPA–Parcham
 [ru] 1986 1992 PDPA–Parcham
Sayed Solaiman Gilani 1992 1993
Hedayat Amin Arsala speaking in July 2011-cropped.jpg Hedayat Amin Arsala 1993 1994 Mahaz-e-Milli-ye Islami
Najibullah Lafraie 1994 1996 Jamiat-e Islami
Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai[f] 1996 1997 Independent
Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai (cropped).jpg Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai
(acting)[g] 		1996 2001 Taliban
Mohammad Ghous 1996 June 1997 Taliban
Mullah Abdul Jalil June 1997 1998 Taliban
Hasan Akhund 1998 27 October 1999 Taliban
Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil[h] 27 October 1999 October 2001 Taliban
Abdullah Abdullah August 2014 (cropped).jpg Abdullah Abdullah 22 December 2001 22 March 2005 Etelaf-e Milli
Munich Security Conference 2010 - dett spanta 0024.jpg Rangin Dadfar Spanta 20 April 2005 18 January 2010 Independent
Zalmai Rassoul.jpg Zalmai Rassoul 18 January 2010 28 October 2013 Independent
Osmani speaking in October 2011-cropped.jpg Zarar Ahmad Osmani 28 October 2013 12 December 2014
Atifmal (cropped).jpg Atiqullah Atifmal
(acting) 		12 December 2014 1 February 2015
Salahuddin Rabbani at US State Dept November 29, 2012.jpg Salahuddin Rabbani 1 February 2015 23 October 2019 Jamiat-e Islami
Idrees Zaman, 2018 (cropped).jpg Idrees Zaman
(acting) 		30 October 2019 22 January 2020
Mohammad Haroon Chakhansuri
(acting) 		22 January 2020 4 April 2020
Mohammad Hanif Atmar in Tehran.jpg Mohammad Hanif Atmar[i] 4 April 2020 15 August 2021 Hezb-e-Haq-wa-Adalat
Amir Khan Muttaqi
(acting) 		7 September 2021[7] Incumbent Taliban

Notes[]

  1. ^ Father of Mohammed Daoud Khan and Mohammed Naim Khan.
  2. ^ Simultaneously served as Prime Minister of Afghanistan.
  3. ^ Simultaneously served as Prime Minister of Afghanistan (from 1967).
  4. ^ Simultaneously served as Prime Minister of Afghanistan (from 1972).
  5. ^ Simultaneously served as President of Afghanistan.
  6. ^ Served under Northern Alliance.
  7. ^ Deputy minister.
  8. ^ Reportedly tried to warn the U.S. government of the upcoming al-Qaeda September 11 attacks in 2001.[3]
  9. ^ Appointed acting minister by President Ashraf Ghani in April 2020,[4] approved by Wolesi Jirga in November 2020[5] and sworn-in on 4 February 2021.[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Home". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. ^ Muḥammad, Fayz̤; McChesney, R. D. (1999). Kabul under siege: Fayz Muhammad's account of the 1929 Uprising. Markus Wiener Publishers. pp. 57, 58. ISBN 9781558761544.
  3. ^ Kate Clark (2002-09-07). "Taleban 'warned US of huge attack'". BBC. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2007-01-16. An aide to the former Taleban foreign minister, Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, has revealed that he was sent to warn American diplomats and the United Nations that Osama bin Laden was due to launch a huge attack on American soil.
  4. ^ "Haneef Atmar appointed acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan". uniindia.com. 4 April 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. ^ "House of Representatives Gives Ten Ministerial Nominees Vote of Confidence". 8am.af. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Foreign Minister Takes the Oath of Office". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Press release). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Taliban announce new government for Afghanistan". BBC News. 2021-09-07. Archived from the original on 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2021-09-07.

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