| William Pierce Rogers |
Kabul |
Met with King Mohammad Zahir Shah and Prime Minister Etemadi. |
May 25, 1969 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Kabul |
Official visit. Met with Prime Minister Daoud and senior Afghan
officials. |
November 1, 1974 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger |
Kabul |
Official visit. Met with Prime Minister Daoud and senior Afghan
officials. |
August 8, 1976 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Kabul |
Met with leaders of the Afghan Interim Authority. Announced the upgrading of the
U.S. Liaison Office to Embassy status. |
January 17, 2002 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Kabul |
Met with President Karzai and with U.S. military and civilian officials. |
March 17, 2004 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Kabul |
Met with President Karzai and Afghan political leaders; addressed U.S. military
personnel. |
March 17, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Kabul |
Met with President Karzai. |
October 12, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Bagram, Kabul |
Accompanied President Bush. |
March 1, 2006 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Kabul |
Met with President Karzai. |
June 28, 2006 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Kandahar, Kabul |
Accompanied British Foreign Secretary Miliband. Met with President
Karzai. |
February 7, 2008 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Kabul |
Attended the inauguration of President Karzai. |
November 18–19, 2009 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Kabul |
Met with President Karzai and attended an international conference on the future of
Afghanistan. |
July 19–20, 2010 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Kabul |
Met with President Karzai and Afghan civil leaders. |
October 20, 2011 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Kabul |
Met with President Hamid Karzai. Announced the designation of Afghanistan as a
Major Non-NATO Ally. |
July 7, 2012 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Kabul |
Met with President Hamid Karzai. |
March 25–26, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Kabul |
Met with President Hamid Karzai. Signed Bilateral Security Agreement. |
October 11–12, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Kabul |
Met with President Hamid Karzai, Afghan political leaders, and the head of the UN
Assistance Mission. |
July 11–12, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Kabul |
Met with President Hamid Karzai and presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and
Ashraf Ghani. |
August 7–8, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Kabul |
Attended the third meeting of the U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Commission. |
April 9, 2016 |
| Rex W. Tillerson |
Bagram |
Met with President Ashraf Ghani. |
October 23, 2017 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Kabul |
Met with Afghan officials. |
July 9, 2018 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Kabul |
Met 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. Pompeo |
Kabul |
Met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Afghan Security Ministers. |
March 23, 2020 |
| Antony Blinken |
Kabul |
Met with Afghan leaders and civil society. |
April 15, 2021 |
