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List of Embassies and Consulates Worldwide List of Embassies and Consulates Worldwide AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA Embassy of Afghanistan in Canberra Embassy of Afghanistan in Vienna PO Box 155 Lackierergasse 8 Top 9 Deakin West ACT 2600 1090 Vienna Tel: (+61-2) 6282 7311 Tel.: (+43-1) 524 7806 Fax: (+61-2) 6282 7322 Fax: (+43-1) 524 7807 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.afghanembassy.net Ambassador: H.E. Zia NEZAM Ambassador: T.B.A non-resident envoy to Hungary & Bosnia- Non-resident envoy to: New Zealand and Herzegovina Brunei Dar-El-Salam BANGLADESH BELGIUM Embassy of Afghanistan in Dhaka Embassy of Afghanistan in Brussels & House No. CWN (C) - 2A General Delegation to the European Union Road No. 24, Culshan, Dhaka 61, avenue de Wolvendael Tel.: (+8802) 989 5994 B-1180 Bruxelles Fax: (+880-2) 988 4767 Tel: (+32-2) 761 3166 Email: [email protected] Fax: (+32-2) 761 3167 Ambassador: H.E. Akmal GHANI Email: [email protected] Ambassador: H.E. Homayoun TANDAR Non-resident envoy to: Slovakia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia BULGARIA CANADA Embassy of Afghanistan in Sofia Embassy of Afghanistan in Ottawa 61 "Boryana" Street 246 Queen Street, Suite 400 Bl. 216-A App. 15, Ovcha Kupel Ottawa Ontario K1P 5E4 1618 Sofia Tel: (+1 613) 563-4223/65 Tel.: (+359-2) 9556196, 9554030 Fax: (+1 613) 563-4962 Fax: (+359-2) 955 9976 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.afghanemb-canada.net Ambassador: H.E. Zahida ANSARY Ambassador: H.E. Omar SAMAD Non-resident envoy to: Peru, Chile, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay CANADA CHINA CONSULATE GENERAL OF Embassy of Afghanistan in Beijing AFGHANISTAN IN TORONTO 8 Tung Chih Men Wia 1131 A Leslie Street, Suite 201 Chao Yang District, Beijing Toronto, ON M3C 3L8 Tel.: (+86-10) 653 21532 Tel: +1-416- 385-1033 Fax: (+86-10) 653 226603 Fax: +1-416-385-3810 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ambassador: H.E. Eklil Hakimi Consul General: Mr. Wahid MONAWAR Seite 1 von 7 CZECH REPUBLIC EGYPT Embassy of Afghanistan in Prague Embassy of Afghanistan in Cairo Nakazance 634/7 59 El-Orouba Street, Heliopolis 17100 Praha 7 - Troja Cairo Tel: (+420) 2 3354 4228 Tel.: (+20-2) 417 7236 Fax: (+420) 2 3345 2009 Fax: (+20-2) 417 7238 Ambassador: H.E. Azizullah KARZAI Email: [email protected] Ambassador: H.E. Dr. M. Rahim SHERZOY Non-resident envoy to: Algeria FRANCE GERMANY Embassy of Afghanistan in Paris Embassy of Afghanistan in Berlin 32 Avenue Raphael Wilhelmstrasse 65 D 75016 Paris 10117 Berlin Tel: (+33-1) 45 25 05 29 tel.: (+49-30) 224 87229 - Fax: (+49-30) 229 Fax: (+33-1) 45 24 60 68 1510 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.ambafghane-paris.com Ambassador: H.E. Hamidullah NASIR ZIA Ambassador: H.E. PROF. Zalmai HAQUANI Non-resident envoy to: Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Marrocco GERMANY INDIA CONSULATE GENERAL OF Embassy of Afghanistan in New Delhi AFGHANISTAN IN BONN Plat No. 5, Block 50F, Shantipath, Liebfrauenweg 1A Chanakyapuri 53125 Bonn New Delhi 110021 Tel: (+49-228) 256 797 Tel: (+91-112) 410 331 Fax: (+49-228) 255 310 Fax: (+ 91-112) 687 5439 Consul General: Mr. Fazil Rahman FAZIL Email: [email protected] Ambassador: H.E. Masood KHALILI INDIA INDONESIA CONSULATE GENERAL OF Embassy of Afghanistan in Jakarta AFGHANISTAN IN MUMBAI 15 Jalan DR Kuskmas Atmaja 115, Walkeshwar Road - 400006 Jakarta Mumbai, India Tel.: (+62-21) 314 3169 Tel (+91-22) 23633777 Fax: (+62-21) 335 390 Fax (+91-22) 23635437 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ambassador: H.E. Eng. Abdul RAHIM Consul General: Gul Hussain AHMADI Seite 2 von 7 IRAN IRAN Embassy of Afghanistan in Tehran CONSULATE GENERAL OF Dr. Beheshti Avenue, 4th Street AFGHANISTAN IN MASHAD Tehran Imam Khomeini Avenue, Tel (+98-21) 873 7050 Doshahid Street Sevom Isfand Sq. Fax (+98-21) 873 5600 Mashad Consulate Section: 9821-8737531 Tel (+98-511) 854 4829 and 859 7552 Email: [email protected] Fax (+98-511) 854 4404 Ambassador: H.E. Omar DAUDZAI Email: [email protected] Consul General: Eng Torialai GHIASI IRAN IRAQ CONSULATE GENERAL OF Embassy of Afghanistan in Baghdad AFGHANISTAN IN ZAHEDAN Shareh Al-Maghreb Aldifaeih Khiaban e Daneshga, Koi Estandari, Waziria 27/1/12 baad az Janbazan 2, Baghdad Zahedan Tel.: (+964-1) 556 9508 Tel +98-541-243-7113 Fax: (+964-1) 556 0331 Fax +98-541-243-7113 Charge d'Affaires: T. B. A. Email: [email protected] Consul General: Engineer Ghulam HASHIM SAI ITALY JAPAN Embassy of Afghanistan in Rome Embassy of Afghanistan in Tokyo Via Nomentana 120 Matsumoto International House (MIH) 00161 Rome 37-8 Nishihara 3 Chome, Shibuya Ku Tel.: (+39) 06 8621 6111 / 861 1009 Tokyo 151-0066 Fax: (+39) 06 8632 2939 Tel: (+81-3) 5465 1219 Email: [email protected] Fax: (+81-3) 5465 1229/5818 3526 Ambassador: H.E. Abdullah ALI Email: [email protected] Non-resident envoy to: Greece Website: www.afghanembassyjp.com Ambassador: H.E. Haron AMIN KAZAKHSTAN KOREA Embassy of Afghanistan in Almaty Embassy of Afghanistan in Seoul Mir 12, Almaty 27-2, Hannam-Dong, Yongsan-Gu Tel: (+7-327) 255 2792 Seoul, Korea 140-210 Fax: (+7-327) 255 2792 Tel: (+82-2) 793-3535 Ambassador: H.E. Said Zahir Shah AKBARI Fax: (+82-2) 795-2662 Email: [email protected] Website: www.afghanistanembassy.or.kr Ambassador: H.E. Nabil MALEK-ASGHAR Seite 3 von 7 KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN Embassy of Afghanistan in Kuwait Embassy of Afghanistan in Bishkek Surra, Block 6, Surra Street Tel.: (+996-312) 690176 Across Surra Co-op Society House No. 16 Fax: (+996-312) 690330 P.O. Box 33186, Email: [email protected] Rawdah 73452 Ambassador: H. E. Mr Shahjahan AHMADI Tel.: (+965) 532 9461 or 532 8156 Fax: (+965) 532 6274 Email: [email protected] Ambassador designate: H.E. Yousuf SAMAD MALAYSIA NETHERLANDS Embassy of Afghanistan in Kuala Lumpur CONSULATE GENERAL OF 2nd Floor, Wisma Chinese Chamber AFGHANISTAN IN DEN HAAG 258 Jalan Ampang Laan van Meerdervoort 2 B 50450 Kuala Lumpur 2517 AJ Den Haag Tel.: (+60-3) 425-69400/(+63-3) 425-34707 Tel: (+31- 70) 427 8771 Fax: (+60-3) 425-66400 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.afghanembassykl.org Ambassador: H. E. Younus FARMAN NORWAY PAKISTAN Embassy of Afghanistan in Oslo Embassy of Afghanistan in Islamabad 17 Kronprinsens Gt, 0251 Oslo House No. 8, Street 90, G-6/3 Tel.: (+47) 22 83 84 10 Islamabad Fax: (+47) 22 83 84 11 Tel.: (+92-51) 282 4505/6 Email: [email protected] Fax: (+92-51) 282 4504 Website: www.afghanemb.com Consular Section: (+92-51) 2278213 Ambassador: H.E. Mr. Yahya MAROOFI Email: [email protected] Non-resident envoy to: Denmark, Sweden, Ambassador: H.E. Mr. Nangyalai TARZI Finland and Iceland PAKISTAN PAKISTAN CONSULATE GENERAL OF CONSULATE GENERAL OF AFGHANISTAN IN KARACHI AFGHANISTAN IN QUETTA 33/2 Off. Khayaban-e-Shamsi 9th Street, 45 Price Road Phase V., D.H.S. Quetta Karachi 75500 Tel.: (+92-81) 843 364 Tel.: (+92-21) 5821 264 Fax: (+92-81) 920 2549 Fax: (+92-21) 5821 260 Consul General: Ahmad Ali BABAK Email: [email protected] Consul General: Abdul Muqtader FROZANFAR Seite 4 von 7 PAKISTAN POLAND CONSULATE GENERAL OF Embassy of Afghanistan in Warsaw AFGHANISTAN IN PESHAWAR Ul. Goplanska 1 Gul Mohar Lane, University Town 02-954 Warsaw, Poland Peshawar Tel.: +48-22-885-5410/1 Tel.: (+92-91) 285 963 Fax: +48-22-885-6500 Fax: (+92-91) 285 961 Website: www.afghanembassy.com.pl Consul General: Mr Alhaj Abdul KHALEQ Email: [email protected] Ambassador: H.E. Abdul Hai HAIDER QATAR RUSSIAN FEDERATION Embassy of Afghanistan in Doha Embassy of Afghanistan in Moscow Tel: (+974-4) 930821-2 - Fax: (+974-4) Sverchkov Per 3/2 930819 Moscow Email: [email protected] Tel: (+ 7-095) 923 9419 Ambassador: H.E. Nasir Ahmad NOOR Fax: (+7-095) 924 0478 or 921 9563 Non-resident envoy to: Bahrain Email: [email protected] Ambassador: T.B.A Non-resident envoy to: Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Belarus SAUDI ARABIA SAUDI ARABIA Embassy of Afghanistan in Riyadh CONSULATE GENERAL OF P.O.Box 93337 AFGHANISTAN IN JEDDAH Riyadh 11673 P.O. Box 6349 Tel.: (+966-1) 4803 459 Tariq Al-Madina Kilo No. 3 Fax: (+966-1) 4803 451 Jeddah 21442 Email: [email protected] Tel.: +96-62-663-3346 Ambassador: H.E. M. Kabir FARAHI Fax: +96-62-6631-578 Non-resident envoy to: Yemen Email: [email protected] Consul General: Mr. Mr Enayatullah KHALIL SUDAN SWITZERLAND Embassy of Afghanistan in Khartoum Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN Madinatol Riyadh Consulate of Afghanistan Shareol Moshtal Square 10, House No. 81 63 Rue de Lausanne, 5e etage Khartoum 1202 Geneva = Tel.: (+249-11) 22 18 52 or 22 18 27 Tel.: (+41-22) 7311 449 Fax: (+249-11) 22 20 59 Fax:(+41-22) 7314 510 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Charge d'Affaires: Mr. Khalilurrahman Ambassador : H.E. Assad OMAR HANANI Non-resident envoy to: Ghana, Burkina Faso, Tanzania Seite 5 von 7 SYRIA TAJIKISTAN Embassy of Afghanistan in Damascus Embassy of Afghanistan in Dushanbe Mozzo, West Villas Juber Ben Ul. Pushkina, House 34 Hayan Bus Station Dushanbe Damascus Tel.: (+992-372) 21 6735 Tel.: (+963-11) 611 2910 Fax: (+992-372) 510 096 Fax: (+963-11) 613 3595 Email: [email protected] Ambassador: H.E. Mohammadullah Ambassador: TBA HAIDARI Non-resident envoy to:Jordan, Phalestin, Lebanon TAJIKISTAN TURKEY CONSULATE GENERAL OF Embassy of Afghanistan in Ankara AFGHANISTAN IN KHAROGH Cinnah Caddesi, No.
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