List of ambassadors of Afghanistan

This is a list of the current ambassadors of Afghanistan. Ambassadors represent the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which collapsed in 2021, unless otherwise noted.

Host Country	Ambassador	Notes
Australia	Wahidullah Waissi [1]	Further information: List of ambassadors of Afghanistan to Australia also Ambassador to Fiji and New Zealand [2]
Austria	Manizha Bakhtari	Ambassador to the Republic of Austria and Permanent/Resident Representative to the United Nations and other International and Regional Organizations in Vienna and non-resident to Croatia, Hungary, Liechtenstein, and Slovenia since 2021. [3] [4]
Azerbaijan		Taliban envoy [5]
Bangladesh	Shah Wali Nasiry	Chargé d'Affaires a.i. [6]
Belgium	Nazifullah Salarzai [1]	Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the EU and NATO [1]
Bulgaria	Mohammad Fazil Saifi	Chargé d'Affaires a.i. [7]
Canada	Hassan Soroosh [1]	Further information: List of ambassadors of Afghanistan to the United States Accredited to the United States since the closure of the Embassy in the U.S. in 2022. [8] [1]
China	Bilal Karimi	Further information: List of ambassadors of Afghanistan to China Appointed Ambassador by the Taliban and accredited by China on 1 December 2023. China was the first country to accredit a Taliban ambassador. [9]
Czech Republic	Shahzad Gul Aryobee	Ambassador since 2019. [7]
Egypt	Abdul Muqim Qarar	Appointed Acting Director of the Embassy by the Taliban. [10]
France	Humayun Azizi	Ambassador since 2020. Also the Afghan Representative to UNESCO. [11]
Germany	Abdul Baqi Popal	Chargé d'affaires since November 2024. [12]
Indonesia	Qais Barakzai	Chargé d'Affaires a.i. [13]
Iran	Fazl Mohammad Haqqani	Accredited as the Taliban's chargé d'affairs in February 2023 [14]
Iraq	Qorban Ali Taloqani	Appointed Acting Consul of the Embassy by the Taliban [15]
Italy	Wajiha Qazizadah	Chargé d'affairs a.i.
Japan	Shaida Mohammad Abdali	Further information: List of ambassadors of Afghanistan to Japan 2021–present
Kazakhstan	Mohammad Rahman Rahmani	Accredited as the Taliban's chargé d'affairs in August 2024 [16]
South Korea	Abdul Hakim Atarud
Kuwait	Assadullah Hanif Balkhy
Malaysia	Naqibullah Ahmadi	Appointed Acting Head of the Embassy by the Taliban in 2023. [17]
Netherlands	Mohammad Asif Rahimi	Ambassador since 2020. [7]
Norway	Najibullah Sherkhan	Accredited by Norway on 31 January 2025 as the Taliban's First Secretary of the Embassy in Oslo after the Norwegian government forced out Islamic Republic-appointed diplomats. [18] Also accredited to Denmark and Iceland. [19] [20]
Oman	Hafiz Omar	Appointed Acting Director of the Embassy by the Taliban in September 2024 [21] [22]
Pakistan	Sardar Ahmed Khan Shakeeb	Further information: List of ambassadors of Afghanistan to Pakistan Appointed Charge d'Affaires by the Taliban in October 2021. [23] [24]
Poland	Gul Hussain Ahmadi	non-residence Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania and Romania [25]
Qatar	Suhail Shaheen	Appointed Acting Ambassador by the Taliban following the dismissal of Naeem Wardak from the position on 27 January 2025 [26]
Russia	Gul Hassan	Accredited as the Taliban's ambassador in June 2025 [27]
Saudi Arabia	Ahmed Javed Mujadidi [28] [29]
Spain	Mohammad Rahim Peerzada	Chargé d'Affaires, dismissed due to sexual assault allegations [30]
Sweden	Najibullah Mohajer	Chargé d’Affaires a.i. since Sweden's government requested Ambassador Abbas Noyan to step down on January 1, 2025. [31] [32] Also accredited to Finland. [33]
Switzerland	Nasir Andisha [1]
Tajikistan	Mohammad Zahir Aghbar
Turkey	Saniullah Farahmand	Accredited as the Taliban's ambassador in June 2025 [34]
Turkmenistan	Fazal Muhammad Sabir	Appointed Chargé d'Affaires by the Taliban in March 2022. [35] [36] [37]
Ukraine	Wali Monawar	Appointed by President Ghani. [38] Also accredited to Moldova. [39]
United Arab Emirates	Badruddin Haqqani	Accredited as the Taliban's ambassador in August 2024 [40]
Uzbekistan	Abdul Ghaffar Bahr	Accredited as the Taliban's ambassador in September 2024 [41]
United Nations	Naseer Faiq	Further information: Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations Chargé d'Affaires a.i. [42]

See also

• List of ambassadors
• List of diplomatic missions of Afghanistan

References

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