Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan)
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The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs - MFA - ( / ) is the Government of Afghanistan Cabinet officer
responsible for managing the Foreign relations of Afghanistan
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Afghan Cabinet of Ministers
The Cabinet of Afghanistan is made of the heads of all the government ministries. The president selects the members of cabinet with the approval of the National Assembly of the country.-Current cabinet of ministers:...
responsible for managing the Foreign relations of Afghanistan
Foreign relations of Afghanistan
The foreign relations of Afghanistan, like those of any country, have changed along with the political, sociological, and economic state of the various parts of Afghanistan.-Overview:...
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Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan
| Date | Name | Notes |
| 1978–1979 | Hafizullah Amin Hafizullah Amin Hafizullah Amin was the second President of Afghanistan during the period of the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.... |
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| 1981–1986 | Shah Mohamad Dost | |
| 1986–1992 | Mohamad Wakil | |
| 1992–1994 | Hidayat Amin Arsala | |
| 1994-1996 | Najibullah Lafraie Najibullah Lafraie Dr. Najibullah Lafraie was the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan between 1992 and 1996. He is now a lecturer in political studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.-Academic study:... |
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| 1996-1997 | Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai was a politician and diplomat of Afghanistan. He was an ethnic Pashtun, a member of the Mohammadzai tribe. During the 1970s he entered the Afghan foreign service. He was sent to the United States to represent the political administration supported by the Soviet Union. As... |
Islamic State of Afghanistan Islamic State of Afghanistan The Islamic State of Afghanistan was the name of the state of Afghanistan after the collapse of the communist regime, the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, in 1992. In 1996, the country was renamed the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan by the Taliban, after seizing control of the majority of the... - Northern Alliance Northern Alliance The Afghan Northern Alliance is a military-political umbrella organization created by the Islamic State of Afghanistan in 1996.Northern Alliance may also refer to:*Northern Alliance , a Canadian white supremacist group... |
| 1996-1997 | Mullah Mohammad Ghous | Taliban |
| 1997-1998 | Mullah Abdul Jalil | |
| 1998-1999 | Mullah Mohammad Hassan | |
| 1999-October 2001 | Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil | Last Taliban Foreign Minister. Reported to have tried to warn the U.S. government of the upcoming al Qaeda September 11 attacks in 2001. |
| October 2001-March 22, 2005 | Abdullah Abdullah Abdullah Abdullah Abdullah Abdullah is an Afghan politician and a doctor of medicine. He was an adviser and friend to Ahmad Shah Massoud, legendary anti-Taliban leader and commander known as the "Lion of Panjshir". After the fall of the Taliban regime, Dr. Abdullah served as Afghanistan's Foreign Minister from 2001... |
Appointed by Presiden President of Afghanistan Afghanistan has only been a republic between 1973 and 1992 and from 2001 onwards. Before 1973, it was a monarchy that was governed by a variety of kings, emirs or shahs... Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai, GCMG is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001... |
| April 20, 2005–January 18, 2010 | Rangin Dadfar Spanta Rangin Dadfar Spanta Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta was the foreign minister of Afghanistan.He was appointed to that position by Hamid Karzai during a cabinet reshuffle on March 21, 2006 and approved by the 249-seat lower house on April 20, 2006. He was previously the Senior Advisor on International Affairs to President... |
Appointed by President Hamid Karzai. |
| January 18, 2010-present | Zalmai Rassoul Zalmai Rassoul Dr. Zalmai Rassoul is a politician in Afghanistan, serving as the Foreign Minister since January 2010 after receiving the confidence vote of the Afghan National Assembly. He previously served as National Security Advisor of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which he held since June 2002... |
Appointed by President Hamid Karzai. |