Embassy of the United States, Kabul

Embassy of the United States, Kabul
Chancery Building as seen from its plaza
Location	Bibi Mahru, Kabul, Afghanistan
Coordinates	34°32′28″N 69°9′38″E / 34.54111°N 69.16056°E / 34.54111; 69.16056
Opening	June 5, 1948 (1948-06-05) (original) January 17, 2002 (2002-01-17) (re-opening)
Closed	August 31, 2021 (2021-08-31)[note 1]
Website	af.usembassy.gov

The Embassy of the United States of America in Kabul was the official diplomatic mission of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Its chancery on Great Massoud Road in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood of the Afghan capital of Kabul was built at a cost of nearly $800 million.^[1]

On August 15, 2021, in the face of a Taliban advance on Kabul, embassy staff moved to makeshift facilities at Hamid Karzai International Airport. Kabul fell and the chancery building officially closed later that day. The embassy lacked a Senate-confirmed ambassador at the time of the Taliban takeover; the final head of the mission in Afghanistan was Chargé d'Affaires Ross Wilson. On August 31, 2021, the embassy suspended operations in Afghanistan and transferred operations to Doha, Qatar, with former deputy chief of mission Ian McCary serving as Chargé d'Affaires. The U.S. Interests Section at the Embassy of Qatar in Kabul was established as the protecting power of the U.S. in Afghanistan on December 31.

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