Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Afghanistan)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan)

Afghan government ministry responsible for foreign affairs matters

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.

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

List of ministers

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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

References

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