The ambassador and his staff work at large in the
Embassy of Russia in
Kabul.[1] The post of Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan is currently held by
Dmitry Zhirnov, incumbent since 29 April 2020.[2]
The
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic provided unofficial assistance to the
Emirate of Afghanistan during the
Third Anglo-Afghan War, helping the country to achieve full independence from
British influence. The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was also the first country to recognize and established diplomatic relations with Afghanistan in 1919.
Yakov Surits [
ru], a former diplomatic representative to
Denmark, was appointed plenipotentiary to Afghanistan. On 23 July 1923 relations established at the level of embassies.
From 1992 to 2002, during the years of
Taliban rule, diplomatic relations were broken off and no ambassadors were appointed.
List of representatives (1919 – present)
Representatives of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Emirate of Afghanistan (1919 – 1922)