Dari: وزارت خارجه افغانستان Pashto: د افغانستان د بهرنیو چارو وزارت | |
Department overview | |
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Formed | 1907 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Afghanistan |
Headquarters | Kabul 34°31′31″N 69°10′36″E / 34.525188°N 69.176687°E |
Minister responsible | |
Deputy Minister responsible | |
Department executive |
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Website | mfa |
Afghanistan portal |
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.
On 11 January 2023, the ministry was bombed.[2] It would again be bombed on 27 March 2023.[3]
Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Political affiliation | |
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Mirza Ghulam Mohammad Mir Munsi | 1907 | 1917 | Independent | ||
Sardar Mohammad Aziz Khan[a] | 1917 | 1919 | Independent | ||
Mahmud Tarzi | 1919 | 1922 | Independent | ||
Mohammad Wali Khan Darwazi | 1922 | 1924 | Independent | ||
Sardar Shir Ahmad (acting) |
1924 | 1924 | Independent | ||
Mahmud Tarzi | 1924 | 1927 | Independent | ||
Ghulam Siddiq Khan Charkhi (acting) |
1927 | 1927 | Independent | ||
Mohammad Wali Khan Darwazi (acting) |
1927 | 1928 | Independent | ||
Ghulam Siddiq Khan Charkhi | 1928 | January 1929 | Independent | ||
Ata al-Haqq[4] | January 1929 | 1929 | Saqqawist | ||
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[e] | 1973 | 1977 | Republican (from 1974) | ||
Waheed Abdullah | 1977 | 1978 | Republican | ||
Hafizullah Amin | 1978 | 1979 | PDPA–Khalq | ||
Shah Wali | 1979 | 1979 | PDPA–Khalq | ||
Shah Mohammad Dost | 1979 | 1986 | PDPA–Parcham | ||
Mohammad Abdul Wakil | 1986 | 1992 | PDPA–Parcham | ||
Sayed Solaiman Gilani | 1992 | 1993 | |||
Hedayat Amin Arsala | 1993 | 1994 | Mahaz-e-Milli-ye Islami | ||
Najibullah Lafraie | 1994 | 1996 | Jamiat-e Islami | ||
Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai[f] | 1996 | 21 August 1997 † | Independent | ||
Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai (acting)[g] |
1996 | December 1996 | 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 | 22 December 2001 | 22 March 2005 | Etelaf-e Milli | ||
Rangin Dadfar Spanta | 20 April 2005 | 18 January 2010 | Independent | ||
Zalmai Rassoul | 18 January 2010 | 28 October 2013 | Independent | ||
Zarar Ahmad Osmani | 28 October 2013 | 12 December 2014 | |||
Atiqullah Atifmal (acting) |
12 December 2014 | 1 February 2015 | |||
Salahuddin Rabbani | 1 February 2015 | 23 October 2019 | Jamiat-e Islami | ||
Idrees Zaman (acting) |
30 October 2019 | 22 January 2020 | |||
Mohammad Haroon Chakhansuri (acting) |
22 January 2020 | 4 April 2020 | |||
Mohammad Haneef Atmar[i] | 4 April 2020 | 15 August 2021 | Hezb-e-Haq-wa-Adalat | ||
Amir Khan Muttaqi (acting) |
7 September 2021[9] | Incumbent | Taliban |
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.