Shaida Mohammad Abdali
{{short description|Former Afghan ambassador to India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Shaida Mohammad Abdali
شیدا محمد ابدالی
| image = Shaida Mohammad Abdali.jpg
| office = Afghan Ambassador to Japan
| president = Ashraf Ghani
| term_start = January 2021
| term_end =
| deputy =
| predecessor = Bashir Mohabbat
| successor =
| office1 = Afghan Ambassador to India
| president1 = Hamid Karzai
| term_start1 = 20 July 2012
| term_end1 = 19 September 2018
| deputy1 =
| predecessor1 = Nanguyalai Tarzi
| successor1 = Tahir Qadiry (acting)
| office2 = National Security Advisor
| president2 = Hamid Karzai
| term_start2 =
| term_end2 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|8 November 1978}}
| birth_place = Kandahar, Afghanistan
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse =
| alma_mater = National Defense University
Jawaharlal Nehru University
| children = 4
}}
Shaida Mohammad Abdali ({{langx|ps|شیدا محمد ابدالی}}, born on 8 November 1978 in Kandahar) is the Afghan Ambassador to Japan.{{Cite web|title=Ambassador's Biography|url=https://www.tokyo.mfa.af/ambassador/biography.html|access-date=2021-05-07|website=Embassy of Afghanistan, Tokyo|language=en}} He was formerly the Afghan Ambassador to India from 2012 to 2018.{{Cite news|last=Haidar|first=Suhasini|date=2018-09-20|title=Afghanistan Ambassador to India quits|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/afghanistan-ambassador-to-india-quits/article24989630.ece|access-date=2021-05-03|issn=0971-751X}}
Early life and education
Abdali was born on 8 November 1978 in Kandahar.{{Cite web|url=https://newdelhi.mfa.af/embassy-4/former-ambassadors/ambassador/biography|title=Ambassador's Biography|last=|first=|date=|website=Embassy of Afghanistan, New Delhi|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116015911/https://newdelhi.mfa.af/embassy-4/former-ambassadors/ambassador/biography|archive-date=2021-01-16|access-date=2021-05-07}}
He has M.A. in Strategic Security Studies from the National Defense University, and a PhD from the Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Career
Abdali was the Afghan Ambassador to India resident in New Delhi, and also the non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan, Maldives and Nepal.{{Cite web|title=H.E. Shaida Mohammad Abdali {{!}} WEF {{!}} Women Economic Forum|url=https://www.wef.org.in/h-e-shaida-mohammad-abdali/|access-date=2021-05-03|website=WEF|language=en-US}} He was subsequently nominated by President Hamid Karzai to serve as the Deputy National Security Advisor and Special Assistant to then President of Afghanistan. Ambassador Abdali provided the President with policy and oversight advice on national security issues, and was as such active in Afghan politics.{{Cite web|title=Shaida Mohammad Abdali: Latest News, Videos and Photos on Shaida Mohammad Abdali - DNA News|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/topic/shaida-mohammad-abdali|access-date=2021-05-03|website=DNA India|language=en}}
In January 2021, Abdali was appointed as the Afghan Ambassador to Japan.{{Cite web|title=New Posting|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/delhi-confidential/virtual-hearings-supreme-court-coronavirus-technical-glitches-7161603/|access-date=2021-05-07|website=Delhi Confidential|language=en}} He had been the Ambassador-designate in Tokyo without presenting his letter of credence for around four months because of the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan, especially the Japanese government has placed its capital, which includes the Imperial Palace, under a state of emergency due to COVID-19 on April 25.{{Cite web|title=Japan considering state of emergency for Tokyo, other areas beyond May 11 - media|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-considering-state-emergency-tokyo-other-areas-beyond-may-11-media-2021-05-05/|access-date=2021-05-07|website=Reuters|language=en}} Abdali eventually presented his letter of credence to Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace on May 27.{{Cite web|title=Presentation of the Letter of Credence of Ambassador of Afghanistan to Japan (駐日アフガニスタン大使の信任状捧呈)|url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/press/release/press24_000110.html|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan|language=ja}}
Despite the Fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August 2021, Tokyo still hosts Abdali as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Afghanistan.{{Cite web|title=Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu|url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/press/kaiken/kaiken24e_000067.html|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan|language=en}}
Personal life
Works published
- Afghanistan Pakistan India: A Paradigm Shift (July 2016), Pentagon Press, {{ISBN|978-8182749030}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.tokyo.mfa.af/ambassador/biography.html Ambassador's Biography by the Embassy of Afghanistan, Tokyo]
- {{Twitter|ShaidaAbdali}}
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Category:Ambassadors of Afghanistan to Bhutan
Category:Ambassadors of Afghanistan to India
Category:Ambassadors of Afghanistan to Japan
Category:Ambassadors of Afghanistan to the Maldives
Category:Ambassadors of Afghanistan to Nepal
Category:Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni
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