Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan)

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.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dari: وزارت خارجه افغانستان Pashto: د افغانستان د بهرنیو چارو وزارت
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Department overview
Formed	1907 (1907)
Jurisdiction	Government of Afghanistan
Headquarters	Kabul 34.525188°N 69.176687°E / 34.525188; 69.176687
Minister responsible	Amir Khan Muttaqi (Acting)
Deputy Minister responsible	Naeem Wardak (Acting)
Department executive	Abdul Qahar Balkhi, Spokesperson
Website	mfa.gov.af

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
	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		NRPA (from 1974)
	Waheed Abdullah	1977	1978		NRPA
	Hafizullah Amin	1978	1979		PDPA–Khalq
	Shah Wali	1979	1979		PDPA–Khalq
	Shah Mohammad Dost [ru]	1979	1986		PDPA–Parcham
	Mohammad Abdul Wakil [ru]	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

Notes

1. Father of Mohammad Daoud Khan and Mohammad 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.^[5]
9. 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

• Cabinet of Afghanistan

References

1. "Home". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
2. "Deadly suicide bombing at Afghan foreign ministry". BBC News. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
3. "Six killed in suicide attack near Afghan foreign ministry". Al Jazeera. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. "Haneef Atmar appointed acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan". uniindia.com. 4 April 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
7. "House of Representatives Gives Ten Ministerial Nominees Vote of Confidence". 8am.af. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
8. "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.
9. "Taliban announce new government for Afghanistan". BBC News. 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Consular Affairs Division