Embassy of the United States, Kabul

Embassy of the United States, Kabul

Chancery Building as seen from its plaza
Map
LocationBibi Mahru, Kabul, Afghanistan
Coordinates34°32′28″N 69°9′38″E / 34.54111°N 69.16056°E / 34.54111; 69.16056
Opening
  • June 5, 1948 (1948-06-05) (original)
  • January 17, 2002 (2002-01-17) (re-opening)
ClosedAugust 31, 2021 (2021-08-31)[note 1]
Websiteaf.usembassy.gov

The Embassy of the United States of America in Kabul was the official diplomatic mission of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The embassy was housed in a chancery located on Great Massoud Road in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood of the Afghan capital, Kabul, and was built at a cost of nearly $800 million.[1] On August 15, 2021, in the face of a Taliban advance on Kabul, embassy staff relocated to makeshift but secure facilities at Hamid Karzai International Airport. Kabul fell and the chancery building officially closed late August 15th.

The embassy did not have an official Senate-confirmed ambassador at the time of the Taliban takeover; the final head of the mission in Afghanistan was Chargé d'Affaires Ross Wilson. On August 31, 2021, the embassy suspended operations in Afghanistan and transferred operations to Doha, Qatar, with former deputy chief of mission Ian McCary serving as Chargé d'Affaires. The U.S. Interests Section at the Embassy of Qatar in Kabul was established as the protecting power of the U.S. in Afghanistan on December 31.


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  1. ^ "America's trillion-dollar Afghan fiasco typifies its foreign policy". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613.

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