Afghanistan

Name: William H. Hornibrook
State of Residency: Utah
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 22, 1935
Presentation of Credentials: May 4, 1935
Termination of Mission: Left Tehran, Mar 16, 1936
Note: Accredited also to Persia; resident at Tehran.

Name: Louis G. Dreyfus, Jr.
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 16, 1940
Presentation of Credentials: May 19, 1941
Termination of Mission: Superseded, Jul 25, 1942
Note: Accredited also to Iran; resident at Tehran. During Dreyfus' tenure as non-resident Minister to Afghanistan, and in the interval between Engert's appointment and his arrival at his post, Legation Kabul was opened Jun 6, 1942 with Charles W. Thayer as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.

Name: Cornelius Van H. Engert
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 2, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 2, 1942
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 17, 1945

Name: Ely E. Palmer
State of Residency: Rhode Island
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 9, 1945
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 6, 1945
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Name: Ely E. Palmer
State of Residency: Rhode Island
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 6, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 5, 1948
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 18, 1948

Name: Louis G. Dreyfus, Jr.
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 21, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 16, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 19, 1951

Name: George R. Merrell
State of Residency: Missouri
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 19, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 28, 1951
Termination of Mission: Left post, May 3, 1952

Name: Angus Ward
State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27, 1952
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 8, 1952
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 3, 1956

Name: Sheldon T. Mills
State of Residency: Oregon
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 28, 1956
Presentation of Credentials: May 6, 1956
Termination of Mission: Left post, Feb 3, 1959

Name: Henry A. Byroade
State of Residency: Indiana
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 29, 1959
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 21, 1959
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 19, 1962

Name: John M. Steeves
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 7, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: Mar. 20, 1962
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 21, 1966

Name: Robert G. Neumann
State of Residency: California
Title: Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 3, 1966
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 19, 1967
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 10, 1973

Name: Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 20, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 21, 1973
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 14, 1978

Name: Adolph Dubs
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27, 1978
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 12, 1978
Termination of Mission: Assassinated at post, Feb 14, 1979

Note: Since the death of Ambassador Dubs, the following have served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: J. Bruce Amstutz (Feb. 1979-Feb. 1980), Hawthorne Q. Mills (Feb. 1980 -Jan. 1982), Charles F. Dunbar (Jan. 1982-May 1983), and Edward Hurwitz (Jun 1983-Mar 1986), James M. Ealum (Mar 1986-Sep 1987), and John D. Glassman (Sep 1987-Jan 1989). Since Jan 9, 1987, Chief of Mission have been designated Chargés d'Affaires. Embassy Kabul was closed Jan 30, 1989.

Note: The U.S. Liaison Office in Kabul reopened Dec 17, 2001.  The United States recognized the Interim Authority in Afghanistan on Dec 22, 2001. Ryan Crocker was appointed Charge d'Affaires ad interim Jan 2, 2002.

Name: Robert Patrick John Finn
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 21, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 3, 2002 
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 1, 2003

Name: Zalmay Khalilzad
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 17, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 28, 2003  
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 20, 2005

Name: Ronald E. Neumann
State of Residence: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27, 2005
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 1, 2005
Termination of Mission: