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
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

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

List of ministers

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePolitical affiliation
Mirza Ghulam Mohammad Mir Munsi19071917Independent
Sardar Mohammad Aziz Khan[a]19171919Independent
Mahmud Tarzi19191922Independent
Mohammad Wali Khan Darwazi19221924Independent
Sardar Shir Ahmad
(acting)
19241924Independent
Mahmud Tarzi19241927Independent
Ghulam Siddiq Khan Charkhi
(acting)
19271927Independent
Mohammad Wali Khan Darwazi
(acting)
19271928Independent
Ghulam Siddiq Khan Charkhi1928January 1929Independent
Ata al-Haqq[4]January 19291929Saqqawist
Mohammad Wali Khan Darwazi
(acting)
19291929Independent
Ali Mohammad Khan
(acting)
19291929Independent
Faiz Muhammad Khan Zikeria19291938Independent
Ali Mohammad Khan19381953Independent
Sultan Ahmed Sherzai19531953Independent
Mohammed Naim Khan19531963Independent
Mohammad Yusuf[b]19631965Independent
Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi[c]19651971Independent
Mohammad Musa Shafiq[d]19711973Independent
Mohammed Daoud Khan[e]19731977Republican
(from 1974)
Waheed Abdullah19771978Republican
Hafizullah Amin19781979PDPA
Shah Wali19791979PDPA
Shah Mohammad Dost19791986PDPA
Mohammad Abdul Wakil19861992PDPA
Sayed Solaiman Gilani19921993
Hedayat Amin Arsala19931994Mahaz-e-Milli-ye Islami
Najibullah Lafraie19941996Jamiat-e Islami
Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai[f]199621 August 1997 †Independent
Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai
(acting)[g]
1996December 1996Taliban
Mohammad Ghous1996June 1997Taliban
Mullah Abdul JalilJune 19971998Taliban
Hasan Akhund199827 October 1999Taliban
Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil[h]27 October 1999October 2001Taliban
Abdullah Abdullah22 December 200122 March 2005Etelaf-e Milli
Rangin Dadfar Spanta20 April 200518 January 2010Independent
Zalmai Rassoul18 January 201028 October 2013Independent
Zarar Ahmad Osmani28 October 201312 December 2014
Atiqullah Atifmal
(acting)
12 December 20141 February 2015
Salahuddin Rabbani1 February 201523 October 2019Jamiat-e Islami
Idrees Zaman
(acting)
30 October 201922 January 2020
Mohammad Haroon Chakhansuri
(acting)
22 January 20204 April 2020
Mohammad Haneef Atmar[i]4 April 202015 August 2021Hezb-e-Haq-wa-Adalat
Amir Khan Muttaqi
(acting)
7 September 2021[9]IncumbentTaliban

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