List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan


His Majesty’s Ambassador
to Afghanistan
Incumbent
Robert Chatterton Dickson (non-resident chargé d’affaires)
since July 2023
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
StyleHis Excellency
Ambassador
Reports toSecretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
AppointerThe Crown
on advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holderSir Francis Humphrys
First Envoy Extraordinary to Afghanistan
Sir Giles Squire
First Ambassador to Afghanistan
Formation1922
WebsiteBritish Embassy Kabul

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Afghanistan, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Kabul. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

The Treaty of Rawalpindi of 1921 provided for the exchange of diplomatic representatives between the two countries. Until 1948 the British ministers in Kabul were members of the Indian Political Service, appointed by the Foreign Office.


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