Embassy of the United Kingdom, Kabul

Embassy of the United Kingdom
in Kabul
Embassy of the United Kingdom ; in Kabul
Location	15th Street, Roundabout Wazir Akbar Khan, PO Box 334, Kabul (until August 2021)
Coordinates	34°32′02″N 69°10′46″E / 34.53389°N 69.17944°E
Relocated	Doha, Qatar (from August 2021)
Ambassador	Laurie Bristow
Website	Website

The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Kabul was the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission to Afghanistan. The British first established a diplomatic mission, a legation, in 1922 after the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919. The Viceroy of India George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston ordered that a large and opulent compound be constructed and this was completed in 1927. The legation was withdrawn in the Kabul Airlift as a result of the 1928-29 civil war but was re-established in 1930. The legation became an embassy in 1948 but this was withdrawn in 1989 following the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. The embassy compound was handed over to Pakistan in 1994. Following the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan an embassy was re-established at a new site in the Wazir Akbar Khan District. The embassy, on the edge of Kabul's secure zone, was considered vulnerable to attack in 2018 and consideration was given to a new site, but did not proceed. Following the start of the 2021 withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan there has been speculation that the embassy might close.

Since August 2021, the embassy has been operating from Doha, Qatar.^[1]^[2]

^ Bowden, George; Wright, Katie (2021-08-29). "Afghanistan: British ambassador home as last UK troops leave". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-08-29. Sir Laurie said "for the time being" the UK embassy to Afghanistan would operate from Qatar but it would reopen as soon as possible and "we will continue to stand by the people of Afghanistan".
^ "Afghanistan: Kabul airport could reopen for evacuation flights soon, says Dominic Raab". BBC News. 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2021-09-02. The Foreign Office said the British embassy to Afghanistan, which moved out of Kabul last week, was now up and running in Doha.