Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
2004–2021 government of Afghanistan
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| February 7 2025 | Taliban's Mohammad Zubair Wadan became Chargé d'Affaires in Turkey when the Embassy was handed over to the Taliban. |
| January 27 2025 | Taliban dismissed Naeem Wardak and appointed Suhail Shaheen as Acting Ambassador to Qatar. |
| January 1 2025 | Sweden's government requested Ambassador Abbas Noyan to step down, with Najibullah Mohajer becoming Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
| November 2024 | Abdul Baqi Popal became Chargé d'affaires in Germany. |
| September 2024 | Taliban's Hafiz Omar was appointed Acting Director of the Embassy in Oman. |
| September 2024 | Taliban's Abdul Ghaffar Bahr was accredited as ambassador to Uzbekistan. |
| September 1 2024 | Ahmad Massoud claimed in an interview that the NRF has 5,000 fighters. |
| August 2024 | Taliban's Badruddin Haqqani was accredited as ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. |
| August 2024 | Taliban's Mohammad Rahman Rahmani was accredited as chargé d'affairs in Kazakhstan. |
| May 2024 | The Taliban government violated the Olympic Charter by merging the National Olympic Committee with the General Directorate of Physical Education and Sport, creating the General Directorate of Olympics, Physical Education and Sports, headed by Ahmadullah Wasiq. |
| April 2024 | Sibghatullah Ahmadi resigned from his position as NRF spokesman. |
| 2023 | Ahmadullah Wasiq becomes acting (unrecognized) President of the National Olympic Committee of Afghanistan, serving from 2023 to present. |
| 2023 | Sami Sadat, a former Afghan general, requested U.S. help during a hearing with the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| 2023 | Former Afghan military officials established the office of Afghanistan United Front in the United States. |
| 2023 | Taliban appointed Naqibullah Ahmadi as Acting Head of the Embassy in Malaysia. |
| 2023 | Taliban's Mohammad Zubair Wadan joined the Embassy in Turkey under Islamic Republic-appointed diplomats. |
| December 1 2023 | Taliban's Bilal Karimi was appointed Ambassador to China and accredited by the country, making China the first to accredit a Taliban ambassador. |
| September 2023 | China became the first country to formally name a new ambassador to Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, despite not formally recognizing the Taliban government. |
| April 2023 | Sibghatullah Ahmadi resigned from his position as NRF spokesman. |
| February 2023 | Taliban's Fazl Mohammad Haqqani was accredited as chargé d'affairs in Iran. |
| November 30 2022 | Karen Decker, charge d'affaires of the U.S. mission to Afghanistan, attended a meeting with anti-Taliban figures in Tajikistan, which continued through December 1st. |
| September 16 2022 | Ahmad Massoud called on Afghans living overseas to collaborate on ending Taliban rule and bringing them back to negotiations. |
| April 9 2022 | Taliban's Jamal Nasir Gharwal was appointed and accredited as Chargé d'Affaires by Russia. |
| March 2022 | Taliban appointed Fazal Muhammad Sabir as Chargé d'Affaires for Turkmenistan. |
| 2021 | Taliban takeover of Afghanistan resulted in a complete ban on women's participation in sports, effectively ending women's football activities in the country. |
| 2021 | Nazar Mohammad Mutmaeen becomes acting (unrecognized) President of the National Olympic Committee of Afghanistan, serving until 2023. |
| 2021 | The International Olympic Committee (IOC) ceased recognition of the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee following the Taliban takeover, effectively putting the committee into exile. |
| December 17 2021 | Naseer Faiq becomes the chargé d'affaires for Afghanistan to the United Nations, following Ghulam M. Isaczai, with Suhail Shaheen's nomination remaining unrecognized. |
| November 23 2021 | Sibghatullah Ahmadi was appointed as the new spokesman of the NRF, replacing Mohammad Fahim Dashty. |
| November 1 2021 | The NRF opened a liaison office in Washington DC after registering with the US Justice Department to conduct lobbying missions. |
| October 2021 | Taliban appointed Sardar Ahmed Khan Shakeeb as Charge d'Affaires for Pakistan. |
| September 29 2021 | Amrullah Saleh was announced as the leader of the NRF's government in exile, according to a statement from the Afghan Embassy in Geneva, Switzerland. |
| September 20 2021 | New Taliban government designated Mohammad Suhail Shaheen as the replacement Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, replacing Ghulam M Isaczai. |
| September 9 2021 | The National Resistance Front (NRF) announced plans to create a parallel government in response to the Taliban's government formation in Kabul. |
| September 6 2021 | Taliban claimed victory in controlling Panjshir Province, which the NRF disputed, asserting they continued to hold positions across the valley. |
| September 5 2021 | Mohammad Fahim Dashty, the previous NRF spokesman, was killed during the Taliban offensive into Panjshir. |
| August 2021 | The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan collapsed, fundamentally changing the status of diplomatic representations worldwide. |
| August 20 2021 | Anti-Taliban resistance forces led by Abdul Hamid Dadgar take over Andarab, Pul-e-Hesar, and De Salah districts in Baghlan Province, engaging in combat that resulted in 60 Taliban fighters killed or injured. The resistance was triggered by Taliban house searches perceived as a violation of local agreements and cultural norms. |
| August 18 2021 | Ahmad Massoud publishes an op-ed in The Washington Post calling for international support for the Panjshir resistance, admitting they are running low on ammunition and supplies. |
| August 18 2021 | Afghan Embassy employees in Tajikistan replace photos of President Ghani with those of Amrullah Saleh, symbolizing support for the resistance. |
| August 18 2021 | The Panjshir resistance claims support from Abdul Rashid Dostum and Atta Muhammad Nur, with Dostum's group suggesting 10,000 soldiers could join the resistance. |
| August 17 2021 | Ethnic Tajik former Afghan National Army soldiers arrive in Panjshir Valley with tanks and personnel carriers, regrouping after escaping from Kunduz, Badakhshan, Takhar, and Baghlan. |
| August 15 2021 | Taliban captured Afghanistan, prompting the formation of the National Resistance Front (NRF) as an opposition movement led by Ahmad Massoud and Amrullah Saleh. |
| August 15 2021 | Taliban captures Charikar, the provincial capital of Parwan Province. |
| July 2021 | During the 2021 Taliban offensive, the remnants of the Northern Alliance began mobilizing under an umbrella called Resistance II in the Panjshir region. |
| June 1 2021 | Ghulam M. Isaczai becomes the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, succeeding Adela Raz. |
| May 2021 | Australia closed its embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. |
| 2019 | FIFA issued a life ban to the Afghanistan Football Federation president after an investigation found him guilty of sexually abusing multiple female players, highlighting the significant challenges faced by women athletes in Afghan football. |
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