List of ambassadors of Afghanistan to the United States
List
Chief of Protocol

List of ambassadors of Afghanistan to the United States

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: Chief of Protocol

No.	Name	Title	Appointment	Presentation	Termination	Appointer

Kingdom of Afghanistan

1	Abdul Hussain Aziz	Minister	1943	–	1946	King Mohammed Zahir Shah

2	Habibullah Khan Tarzi	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	1946	1946	1953

3	Mohammed Kabir Ludin	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	1953	–	1956

4	Najib Ullah	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	1956	–	1958

5	Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	1958	–	1963

6	Abdul Majid	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	1963	–	1967

7	Abdullah Malikyar	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	1967	–	1978

Republic of Afghanistan

7	Abdullah Malikyar	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	1967	–	1978	King Mohammed Zahir Shah

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

8	Abdul Waheed Karim	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	1978	–	1980	Nur Muhammad Taraki

9	Nur Ahmed Nur	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	1980	–	1981	Babrak Karmal

–	Mohed Salem Spartak	Chargé d'affaires	1982	–	1984

–	Mohammad Haidar Rafiq	Chargé d'affaires	1984	–	1985

–	Mohammad Ashraf Samimi	Chargé d'affaires	1985	–	1986

10	Rouhullah Erfaqi	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	1986	–	1987

11	Mia Gul	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	1988	–	1990	Mohammad Najibullah

–	Abdul Ghafoor Jawshan	Chargé d'affaires	1990	–	1992

Islamic State of Afghanistan

–	Abdul Rahim	Chargé d'affaires	1992	–	1994	Burhanuddin Rabbani

–	Yar Mohammad Mohabat	Chargé d'affaires	1994	–	1995

Northern Alliance of Afghanistan

–	None appointed 1995–2002

Afghan Transitional Administration

–	Haroun Amin	Chargé d'affaires	2002	–	2002	Hamid Karzai

12	Ishaq Shahyar	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	2002	–	4 December 2003

13	Said Tayeb Jawad	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	4 December 2003	–	2010

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

13	Said Tayeb Jawad	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	4 December 2003	–	22 September 2010	Hamid Karzai

–	Khojesta Fana Ebrahimkhel	Chargé d'affaires	22 September 2010	–	14 February 2011

14	Eklil Ahmad Hakimi	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	14 February 2011	23 February 2011	September 2015

15	Hamdullah Mohib	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 2015	September 2015	–	Ashraf Ghani

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Ishaq Shahryar, was the Afghan ambassador to the United States.

final_sentence: Ishaq Shahryar, was the Afghan ambassador to the United States.