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.
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 34.525188°N 69.176687°E |
Minister responsible | |
Deputy Minister responsible | |
Department executive |
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Website | mfa |
On 11 January 2023, the ministry was bombed.[2] It would again be bombed on 27 March 2023.[3]
List of ministers
Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Political affiliation | |
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Mirza Ghulam Mohammad Mir Munsi | 1907 | 1917 | Independent | ||
Sardar Mohammad Aziz Khan[lower-alpha 1] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 1963 | 1965 | Independent | ||
Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi[lower-alpha 3] | 1965 | 1971 | Independent | ||
Mohammad Musa Shafiq[lower-alpha 4] | 1971 | 1973 | Independent | ||
Mohammed Daoud Khan[lower-alpha 5] | 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[lower-alpha 6] | 1996 | 21 August 1997 † | Independent | ||
Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai (acting)[lower-alpha 7] |
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[lower-alpha 8] | 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[lower-alpha 9] | 4 April 2020 | 15 August 2021 | Hezb-e-Haq-wa-Adalat | ||
Amir Khan Muttaqi (acting) |
7 September 2021[9] | Incumbent | Taliban |
Notes
- Father of Mohammad Daoud Khan and Mohammad Naim Khan.
- Simultaneously served as Prime Minister of Afghanistan.
- Simultaneously served as President of Afghanistan.
- Served under Northern Alliance.
- 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
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