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2 Notes  




3 See also  




4 References  




5 External links  













Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan)






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Coordinates: 34°31′31″N 69°10′36″E / 34.525188°N 69.176687°E / 34.525188; 69.176687
  
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dari: وزارت خارجه افغانستان
Pashto: د افغانستان د بهرنیو چارو وزارت
Logo of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Department overview
Formed1907 (1907)
JurisdictionGovernment of Afghanistan
HeadquartersKabul
34°31′31″N 69°10′36″E / 34.525188°N 69.176687°E / 34.525188; 69.176687
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Department executive
Websitemfa.gov.af
Politics of Afghanistan
Constitution
  • Loya jirga ("Grand assembly")
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    • Government
  • Prime Minister
    Hasan Akhund (acting)
  • Deputy Leader
    Sirajuddin Haqqani (first)
    Mullah Yaqoob (second)
    Abdul Ghani Baradar (third)
  • Deputy Prime Minister
    Abdul Ghani Baradar (acting, first)
    Abdul Salam Hanafi (acting, second)
    Abdul Kabir (acting, third)
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    Minister: Sirajuddin Haqqani (acting)
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    Minister: Mohammad Khalid (acting)
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    Shamsulldin Shariati (acting)
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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 relationsofAfghanistan.

    On 11 January 2023, the ministry was bombed.[2] It would again be bombed on 27 March 2023.[3]

    List of ministers[edit]

    Portrait Name Took office Left office Political affiliation
    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
    Shah Wali 1979 1979 PDPA
    Shah Mohammad Dost 1979 1986 PDPA
    Mohammad Abdul Wakil 1986 1992 PDPA
    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

    Notes[edit]

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

    • See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Home". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  • ^ "Deadly suicide bombing at Afghan foreign ministry". BBC News. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  • ^ "Six killed in suicide attack near Afghan foreign ministry". Al Jazeera. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ Kate Clark (7 September 2002). "Taleban 'warned US of huge attack'". BBC. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2007. 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.
  • ^ "Haneef Atmar appointed acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan". uniindia.com. 4 April 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  • ^ "House of Representatives Gives Ten Ministerial Nominees Vote of Confidence". 8am.af. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  • ^ "Foreign Minister Takes the Oath of Office". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Press release). 5 February 2021. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  • ^ "Taliban announce new government for Afghanistan". BBC News. 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

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