:List of ambassadors of Afghanistan to Australia

{{short description|Afghan Ambassadors to Australia}}

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Official diplomatic relations between Afghanistan and Australia were established in 1969. Between 1975 and 1987, the Afghan Ambassador to Japan was also accredited to Australia. After the creation of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan after liberation from Taliban rule, Afghanistan has maintained a Resident Embassy in Canberra since 2002.{{Cite web|title=HOME - EMBASSY OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN - CANBERRA - AUSTRALIA|url=https://www.canberra.mfa.af/|access-date=2020-08-27|website=www.canberra.mfa.af}} The Ambassador to Australia is also concurrently Ambassador to both New Zealand and Fiji.

Afghan Non-Resident Ambassadors to Australia

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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Name

| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Post

| colspan="2" |Date of Presentation of Credentials

Year

|Date

Mr. Ali Ahmad Popal

|Non-Resident Ambassador

|1975

|1 May  

colspan="4" |Change of regime and Soviet invasion lowered the level of bilateral relationship with Japan between 1978 and 1987

Afghan Resident Ambassadors and Heads of Mission to Australia

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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Name

| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Post

| colspan="2" |Date of Presentation of Credentials

Year

|Date

Mr. Mir Zamanuddin Musleh*

|Honorary Consul/Consul

|1993*

|N/A

colspan="4" |All honorary consular activities suspended when the Taliban captured Kabul in 1996
Mr. Mahmoud Saikal

|Honorary Consul/Consul

|1994

|N/A

Mr. Mahmoud Saikal

|Ambassador

|2002

|27 June

Mr. Mohammad Anwar Anwarzai

|Ambassador

|2005

|24 November

Mr. Amanullah Jayhoon

|Ambassador

|2007

|31 May

Dr. Nasir Ahmad Andisha

|Ambassador

|2011

|25 August

Mr. Ghulam Abbas Farasoo

|Charge d’affaires

|2015

|21 August

Mr. Wahidullah Waissi

|Ambassador

|2017

|1 March

colspan="4" |* This is the date of appointment for Mr. Musleh as Consul of Afghanistan in Australia by the Afghan Government.

He never submitted his exequatur to the Government of Australia.

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