| Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan | |
|---|---|
| 中国驻阿富汗大使 | |
 | |
Incumbent Zhao Xing since September 2023 | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Embassy of China, Kabul | |
| Appointer | The President pursuant to a National People's Congress Standing Committee decision |
The Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to Afghanistan.
| Name | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| Ding Guoyu | June 1955 | July 1958 |
| Hao Ting | August 1958 | May 1965 |
| Chen Feng | July 1965 | January 1969 |
| Xie Bangzhi | July 1969 | January 1973 |
| Gan Yetao | February 1973 | June 1976 |
| Huang Mingda | September 1977 | October 1979 |
| Sun Yuxi | April 2002 | January 2005 |
| Liu Jian | January 2005 | February 2007 |
| Yang Houlan | March 2007 | February 2009 |
| Zheng Qingdian | March 2009 | March 2011 |
| Xu Feihong | March 2011 | August 2013 |
| Deng Xijun | September 2013 | October 2015 |
| Yao Jing | October 2015 | October 2017 |
| Liu Jinsong | January 2018 | July 2019 |
| Wang Yu | November 2019 | August 2023 |
| Zhao Xing | September 2023 | Incumbent |
The foreign relations of Afghanistan are in a transitional phase since the 2021 fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the collapse of the internationally-recognized Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. No country has recognised the new regime, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Although some countries have engaged in informal diplomatic contact with the Islamic Emirate, formal relations remain limited to representatives of the Islamic Republic.
Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad is an American diplomat and foreign policy expert. Khalilzad was U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation from September 2018 to October 2021. Khailzad was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as United States Ambassador to the United Nations, serving in the role from 2007 to 2009. Khalilzad was the highest ranking Muslim-American in government at the time he left the position. Prior to this, Khalilzad served in the Bush administration as Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2004 to 2005 and Ambassador to Iraq from 2005 to 2007.
China Foreign Affairs University is a public university for diplomats located in Beijing, China. It is jointly administrated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education. It is a Chinese state Double First Class University Plan university identified by the Ministry of Education of China.
The following lists events that happened during 1944 in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan and Canada established diplomatic relations in 1968. In 2003, Canada opened its embassy in Kabul and appointed its first resident ambassador. Afghanistan appointed its first resident ambassador to Canada in 2002. In August 2021, Canada closed its embassy in Kabul with the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan.
Karl Winfrid Eikenberry is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan from April 2009 to July 2011. From 2011 to 2019, he was the Director of the U.S. Asia Security Initiative at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and a Stanford University professor of the practice; a member of the Core Faculty at the Center for International Security and Cooperation; and an affiliated faculty member at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, and The Europe Center.
Relations between Afghanistan and China have been mostly friendly throughout history, with trade relations between these regions date back to at least the Han dynasty with the profitable Silk Road. Presently, both countries have embassies in Beijing and Kabul respectively, and the two countries share a narrow international border.
Diplomatic relations between Afghanistan and Japan were officially established in 1931, although early contacts date back to 1907 when the Afghan general Ayub Khan, who defeated the British in Mainland, visited Japan.
The Embassy of the United States in Beijing is the diplomatic mission of the United States in China. It serves as the administrative office of the United States Ambassador to China. The embassy complex is in Chaoyang District, Beijing.
Eklil Ahmad Hakimi was Afghanistan's Minister of Finance and a former Afghan diplomat. He has served as Afghanistan's deputy foreign minister as well as its ambassador to China, Japan and the United States.
The Taliban has ruled Afghanistan as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since taking control by force in 2021, overthrowing the internationally recognized Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The takeover was widely criticized by the international community, and no countries have extended diplomatic recognition to the new regime, despite nominally maintaining relations with Afghanistan. The Taliban has aggressively campaigned for international recognition since the takeover. Several countries have vowed never to recognize the Islamic Emirate, and others have said they will do so only if human rights in the country are respected. Some countries have accredited Taliban diplomats at the chargé d'affaires level despite not recognizing the Islamic Emirate. In September 2023, China became the first country to formally name a new ambassador to the country since the takeover, even though China still doesn't formally recognize the Taliban.
Afghanistan–Vietnam relations refers to the diplomatic relations between Afghanistan and Vietnam.
Afghanistan–Mongolia relations refers to the diplomatic relations between Afghanistan and Mongolia, two landlocked Asian countries. Afghanistan has a non resident ambassador in Beijing.
On 12 December 2022, insurgents attacked a hotel popular with foreigners in Kabul, Afghanistan. At least 3 civilians were killed. 18 others, including foreigners, are reported to be among those injured. Islamic State – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the attack.
