List of ambassadors of Afghanistan to China

Ambassador of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to the People's Republic of China
Ambassador of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to the People's Republic of China
	Flag of Afghanistan
	Incumbent; Bilal Karimi; since 1 December 2023
Seat	Beijing
Appointer	Foreign Minister
Inaugural holder	Habibullah Khan Tarzi
Formation	1946
Website	Embassy Twitter

The ambassador of Afghanistan to China is the official representative of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to the People's Republic of China.

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Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation^[2]^[3]	Ambassador	Observations	Afghan head of state	Chinese head of state	Term end
1946	Habibullah Khan Tarzi		Mohammed Zahir Shah	Chiang Kai-shek	1946
1956	Abdul Samad (Afghan envoy)			Mao Zedong	1962
1962	Mohamed Shoeb Misskinyar			Liu Shaoqi	1966
1966	Mohammad Assef Sohail			Liu Shaoqi	1970
1970	Mohammad Osman Sidky			Soong Ching-ling and Dong Biwu (acting)	1973
January 10, 1974	Mir Mohammad Youssof			Dong Biwu (acting)	1976
1977	Mohammad Yassin Azim			Soong Ching-ling (acting)	1979
2003	Qiamuddin Rai Barlas		Hamid Karzai	Hu Jintao	November 4, 2005
December 28, 2005	Eklil Ahmad Hakimi				March 18, 2009
November 22, 2009	Sultan Ahmad Baheen
June 8, 2015	Mohammad Kabir Farahi	^[4]	Ashraf Ghani	Xi Jinping
February 2016	Janan Mosazai	^[5]			September 2018
November 26, 2019	Javid Ahmad Qaem				January 2, 2022^[6]
April 4, 2022^[7]^[8]^[9]	Muhayuddin Sadaat	Chargé d'Affaires	Hibatullah Akhundzada		December 1, 2023
December 1, 2023	Bilal Karimi	First Taliban-appointed ambassador to receive accreditation.^[10]	Hibatullah Akhundzada		Incumbent

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References

^ "Muttaqi Meets Ismail Khan, Ahmad Massoud in Tehran". TOLOnews. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ Wolfgang Bartke [es], German Institute of Global and Area Studies, The diplomatic service of the People's Republic of China as of November 1984, p. 10
^ Afghan embassy in Beijing
^ Mohammad Kabir Farahi
^ Janan Mosazai
^ Javid Ahmad Qaem [@JavidQaem] (10 January 2022). "Handover note addressed to Mr. Sayed Muhayuddin Saddaat First Secretary, Assigned to Beijing" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 April 2022 – via Twitter. I am taking leave from 2nd January 2022. Looking to the circumstance and restrictions, it is not very clear when I can return to office. So, I am leaving this hand over note for a smooth transition at the Afghan Embassy in Beijing.
^ Detsch, Jack; Gramer, Robbie (11 January 2022). "'You're Very Vulnerable': Afghan Diplomats Fear Violent Taliban Reprisals". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 6 April 2022. The Taliban had sought to undermine Qaem by tapping their own replacement, another former Afghan diplomat, Mahyuddin Sadat, as the embassy's first secretary.
^ "Russia Latest Country to Establish Diplomatic Ties With Taliban". Voice of America. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022. Of those, only four — China, Pakistan, Russia and Turkmenistan — have formally accredited diplomats appointed by the Taliban
^ "China accepts Afghan diplomats appointed by IEA". Ariana News. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
^ "The Taliban's new ambassador arrives in China as Afghanistan's rulers court foreign investment". Associated Press. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

[1] "Muttaqi Meets Ismail Khan, Ahmad Massoud in Tehran". TOLOnews. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

[2] Wolfgang Bartke [es], German Institute of Global and Area Studies, The diplomatic service of the People's Republic of China as of November 1984, p. 10

[3] Afghan embassy in Beijing

[4] Mohammad Kabir Farahi

[5] Janan Mosazai

[Qaem_Tweet-6] Javid Ahmad Qaem [@JavidQaem] (10 January 2022). "Handover note addressed to Mr. Sayed Muhayuddin Saddaat First Secretary, Assigned to Beijing" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 April 2022 – via Twitter. I am taking leave from 2nd January 2022. Looking to the circumstance and restrictions, it is not very clear when I can return to office. So, I am leaving this hand over note for a smooth transition at the Afghan Embassy in Beijing.

[7] Detsch, Jack; Gramer, Robbie (11 January 2022). "'You're Very Vulnerable': Afghan Diplomats Fear Violent Taliban Reprisals". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 6 April 2022. The Taliban had sought to undermine Qaem by tapping their own replacement, another former Afghan diplomat, Mahyuddin Sadat, as the embassy's first secretary.

[8] "Russia Latest Country to Establish Diplomatic Ties With Taliban". Voice of America. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022. Of those, only four — China, Pakistan, Russia and Turkmenistan — have formally accredited diplomats appointed by the Taliban

[9] "China accepts Afghan diplomats appointed by IEA". Ariana News. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

[10] "The Taliban's new ambassador arrives in China as Afghanistan's rulers court foreign investment". Associated Press. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

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Ambassador of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to the People's Republic of China
Flag of Afghanistan
Incumbent Bilal Karimi since 1 December 2023
Seat	Beijing
Appointer	Foreign Minister^[1]
Inaugural holder	Habibullah Khan Tarzi
Formation	1946
Website	Embassy Twitter