Afghanistan

NameLocaleRemarksDate
William Pierce RogersKabulMet with King Mohammad Zahir Shah and Prime Minister Etemadi.May 25, 1969
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) KissingerKabulOfficial visit. Met with Prime Minister Daoud and senior Afghan officials.November 1, 1974
Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) KissingerKabulOfficial visit. Met with Prime Minister Daoud and senior Afghan officials.August 8, 1976
Colin Luther PowellKabulMet with leaders of the Afghan Interim Authority. Announced the upgrading of the U.S. Liaison Office to Embassy status.January 17, 2002
Colin Luther PowellKabulMet with President Karzai and with U.S. military and civilian officials.March 17, 2004
Condoleezza RiceKabulMet with President Karzai and Afghan political leaders; addressed U.S. military personnel.March 17, 2005
Condoleezza RiceKabulMet with President Karzai.October 12, 2005
Condoleezza RiceBagram, KabulAccompanied President Bush.March 1, 2006
Condoleezza RiceKabulMet with President Karzai.June 28, 2006
Condoleezza RiceKandahar, KabulAccompanied British Foreign Secretary Miliband.  Met with President Karzai.February 7, 2008
Hillary Rodham ClintonKabulAttended the inauguration of President Karzai.November 18–19, 2009
Hillary Rodham ClintonKabulMet with President Karzai and attended an international conference on the future of Afghanistan.July 19–20, 2010
Hillary Rodham ClintonKabulMet with President Karzai and Afghan civil leaders.October 20, 2011
Hillary Rodham ClintonKabulMet with President Hamid Karzai. Announced the designation of Afghanistan as a Major Non-NATO Ally.July 7, 2012
John Forbes KerryKabulMet with President Hamid Karzai.March 25–26, 2013
John Forbes KerryKabulMet with President Hamid Karzai. Signed Bilateral Security Agreement.October 11–12, 2013
John Forbes KerryKabulMet with President Hamid Karzai, Afghan political leaders, and the head of the UN Assistance Mission.July 11–12, 2014
John Forbes KerryKabulMet with President Hamid Karzai and presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani.August 7–8, 2014
John Forbes KerryKabulAttended the third meeting of the U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Commission.April 9, 2016
Rex W. TillersonBagramMet with President Ashraf Ghani.October 23, 2017
Michael R. PompeoKabulMet with Afghan officials.July 9, 2018
Michael R. PompeoKabulMet with President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, former President Hamid Karzai, and others to discuss next steps in the Afghan Peace Process.June 25, 2019
Michael R. PompeoKabulMet with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Afghan Security Ministers.March 23, 2020
Antony BlinkenKabulMet with Afghan leaders and civil society.April 15, 2021