List of ambassadors of Afghanistan to the United States

The ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United States of America was the official diplomatic representative of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United States. The ambassador and the embassy staff at large worked at the Afghan Embassy in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The last ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was Adela Raz, who succeeded Roya Rahmani in July 2021. In February 2022, Raz resigned. The embassy and consulates closed the following month, and all diplomatic and consular activities stopped.

List No.NameTitleAppointmentPresentationTerminationAppointerKingdom of Afghanistan1Abdul Hussain AzizMinister19434 June 19431946King Mohammed Zahir Shah2Habibullah Khan TarziAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary1946194619533Mohammed Kabir LudinAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary1953–19564Najib UllahAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary1956–19585Mohammad Hashim MaiwandwalAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary1958–19636Abdul MajidAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary1963–19677Abdullah MalikyarAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary1967–1978Republic of Afghanistan7Abdullah MalikyarAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary1967–1978King Mohammed Zahir ShahDemocratic Republic of Afghanistan8Abdul Waheed KarimAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary1977–1978President Sardar Daoud Khan9Nur Ahmed NurAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary1980–1981Babrak Karmal–Mohed Salem SpartakChargé d'affaires1982–1984–Mohammad Haidar RafiqChargé d'affaires1984–1985–Mohammad Ashraf SamimiChargé d'affaires1985–198610Rouhullah ErfaqiAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary1986–198711Mia GulAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary1988–1990Mohammad Najibullah–Abdul Ghafoor JawshanChargé d'affaires1990–1992Islamic State of Afghanistan–Abdul Rahim Chargé d'affaires1992–1994Burhanuddin Rabbani–Yar Mohammad MohabatChargé d'affaires1994–1995Northern Alliance of Afghanistan–None appointed 1995–2002Afghan Transitional Administration–Haroun AminChargé d'affaires2002–2002Hamid Karzai12Ishaq ShahyarAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary2002–4 December 200313Said Tayeb JawadAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary4 December 2003–2010Islamic Republic of Afghanistan13Said Tayeb JawadAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary4 December 2003–22 September 2010Hamid Karzai–Khojesta Fana EbrahimkhelChargé d'affaires22 September 2010–14 February 201114Eklil Ahmad HakimiAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary14 February 201123 February 2011September 201515Hamdullah MohibAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 2015September 2015August 2018Ashraf Ghani–Madina Qasimi Chargé d'affairesAugust 2018August 2018December 201816Roya Rahmani Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 2018December 2018July 202117Adela RazAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Stepped down

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