List of ambassadors of Afghanistan

This is a list of the current ambassadors of Afghanistan. Ambassadors represent the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which collapsed in 2021, unless otherwise noted.

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Host country	Ambassador	Notes
Australia	Wahidullah Waissi[1]	also Ambassador to Fiji and New Zealand [2]
Austria	Manizha Bakhtari	Ambassador to the Republic of Austria and Permanent/Resident Representative to the United Nations and other International and Regional Organizations in Vienna and non-resident to Croatia, Hungary, Liechtenstein, and Slovenia since 2021.[3][4]
Azerbaijan	Muhammad Faisal	Chargé d'affairs a.i. appointed by the Taliban[5]
Bangladesh	Shah Wali Nasiry	Chargé d'Affaires a.i. appointed by the Taliban[6][7]
Belgium	Nazifullah Salarzai[1]	Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the EU and NATO[1]
Bulgaria	Mohammad Fazil Saifi	Chargé d'Affaires a.i.[8]
Canada	Hassan Soroosh[1]
China	Bilal Karimi	Appointed Ambassador by the Taliban and accredited by China on 1 December 2023. China was the first country to accredit a Taliban ambassador.[9]
Czech Republic	Shahzad Gul Aryobee	Ambassador since 2019.[8]
Egypt	Abdul Muqim Qarar	Appointed Acting Director of the Embassy by the Taliban.[10]
France	Humayun Azizi	Ambassador since 2020. Also the Afghan Representative to UNESCO.[11]
Germany	Abdul Baqi Popal	Chargé d'affaires since November 2024.[12]
India	Noor Ahmad Noor	Accredited as the Taliban's chargé d'affaires in January 2026[13]
Indonesia	Sadullah Baloch	Chargé d'Affaires a.i. appointed by the Taliban[14]
Iran	Fazl Mohammad Haqqani	Accredited as the Taliban's chargé d'affairs in February 2023[15]
Iraq	Qorban Ali Taloqani	Appointed Acting Consul of the Embassy by the Taliban[16]
Italy	Wajiha Qazizadah	Chargé d'affairs a.i.
Kazakhstan	Mohammad Rahman Rahmani	Accredited as the Taliban's chargé d'affairs in August 2024[17]
South Korea	Abdul Hakim Atarud
Kuwait	Muhammad Daoud Kharoti	Chargé d'affairs a.i. appointed by the Taliban[18]
Malaysia	Naqibullah Ahmadi	Appointed Acting Head of the Embassy by the Taliban in 2023.[19]
Netherlands	Mohammad Asif Rahimi	Ambassador since 2020.[8]
Norway	Najibullah Sherkhan	Accredited by Norway on 31 January 2025 as the Taliban's First Secretary of the Embassy in Oslo after the Norwegian government forced out Islamic Republic-appointed diplomats.[20] Also accredited to Denmark and Iceland.[21][22]
Oman	Hafiz Omar	Appointed Acting Director of the Embassy by the Taliban in September 2024[23][24]
Pakistan	Sardar Ahmed Khan Shakeeb	Appointed Charge d'Affaires by the Taliban in October 2021.[25][26]
Poland	Gul Hussain Ahmadi	non-residence Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania and Romania[27]
Qatar	Suhail Shaheen	Appointed Acting Ambassador by the Taliban following the dismissal of Naeem Wardak from the position on 27 January 2025[28]
Russia	Gul Hassan	Accredited as the Taliban's ambassador in June 2025[29]
Spain	Mohammad Rahim Peerzada	Chargé d'Affaires, dismissed due to sexual assault allegations[30]
Sweden	Najibullah Mohajer	Chargé d’Affaires a.i. since Sweden's government requested Ambassador Abbas Noyan to step down on January 1, 2025.[31][32] Also accredited to Finland.[33]
Switzerland	Nasir Andisha[1]
Tajikistan	Mohammad Zahir Aghbar
Turkey	Saniullah Farahmand	Accredited as the Taliban's ambassador in June 2025[34]
Turkmenistan	Fazal Muhammad Sabir	Appointed Chargé d'Affaires by the Taliban in March 2022.[35][36][37]
Ukraine	Wali Monawar	Appointed by President Ghani.[38] Also accredited to Moldova.[39]
United Arab Emirates	Badruddin Haqqani	Accredited as the Taliban's ambassador in August 2024[40]
Uzbekistan	Abdul Ghaffar Bahr	Accredited as the Taliban's ambassador in September 2024[41]
United Nations	Naseer Faiq (unaffiliated)	Chargé d'Affaires a.i. since December 2021 temporary appointment by the delegation due to the illness of deputy head of mission Mohammad Wali Naeemi, who would have taken over in an acting capacity after Permanent Representative Ghulam Mohammad Ishaczai resigned. When Naeemi recovered in 2022, the UN determined that the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was no longer official since 2021 and no new appointments could be made, overruling other Afghan diplomats to keep Faiq in his post by default. Faiq now forcefully rejects that he repsents the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and acts with complete independence at the UN. He has also rejected Taliban requests to work with them.[42][43][44]

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