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The ambassador and the embassy staff at large worked at the Afghan Embassy in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The last ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was Adela Raz, who succeeded Roya Rahmani in July 2021. In February 2022, Raz resigned. [2]
The operation of Afghanistan's foreign diplomatic missions has been in a transitional phase since the Taliban's August 2021 takeover of the government by force.The takeover was widely condemned by the international community, and no country has recognized the Taliban regime, officially called the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
The flag of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan will remain hoisted at the facilities. The embassy and consulates were the first diplomatic missions of Afghanistan to close in the aftermath of the Taliban takeover. [13] The Afghan embassy in Canada took over responsibilities for providing services to Afghan nationals in the United States. [14]
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan collapsed and the Taliban rebuilt the Islamic emirate after the U.S. and the Taliban signed the Doha agreement and fully withdraw from Afghanistan in 2021. Afghanistan has an embassy in Washington, D.C., and a consulates-general in Los Angeles and New York City. Temporarily closed from 2022.
Aug. 26, 2021 — Islamic State group suicide bombers and gunmen kill over 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops in an attack on the crowds trying to be evacuated at Kabul’s airport. March 23, 2022 ...
Host city Sending country Mission Year closed Ref. Kabul Australia Embassy 2021 [26] Belgium Embassy 2015 [27] Bulgaria Embassy 2018 [28] Canada Embassy: 2021 [29] Chechnya
Ambassador Farid Mamundzay has vacated his post and closed the Embassy of Afghanistan in New Delhi on 2023. [11] Indonesia: Qais Barakzai: Chargé d'Affaires a.i. [12] Iran Fazl Mohammad Haqqani: Accredited as the Taliban's chargé d'affairs in February 2023 [13] Iraq: Abdul Jamil Parvani Italy: Wajiha Qazizadah: Chargé d'affairs a.i. Japan
Embassy by the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was closed in October 2023 and two Taliban consulates in Mumbai and Hyberbad were opened. [209] [210] Malaysia: 11 October 2023 On October 11 2023, the Taliban were handed the embassy in Malaysia. [211] [212] Uzbekistan: 2 February 2024 The Taliban were handed a Consulate-General in Termez.