This is a list of United States ambassadors to Afghanistan. Prior to 1948, Afghanistan was not considered important enough to have a full ambassador, so a Minister Plenipotentiary was sent instead. From 1979 to 1989, Afghanistan did not have an official ambassador and was instead served by a lower-ranking chargé d’affaires. From 1981 to 2002, there was no official embassy in Kabul due to internal security problems eventually including the Taliban government.
Following the death of Mr. Dubs, there were no formal Ambassadors from the United States until after the War in Afghanistan.
The US government also had a chargé d'affaires to the Afghan Northern Alliance government, beginning in 1989.
Post-war ambassadors:
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