List of ambassadors of Germany to Afghanistan

The following is a partial list of German ambassadors to Afghanistan.

Unified Germany (1870–1945)

 * Werner Otto von Hentig, 1916–1917 (legation leader)
 * Fritz Grobba, from 1923 to 1926
 * , 1926–1929
 * , 1929
 * , 1931–1933
 * Kurt Max Paul Ziemke, 1933–1936
 * , 1937–1945

East Germany (1945–1990)
''The German Democratic Republic first sent an ambassador to Kabul 17 January 1973. The German Democratic ceased to exist in 1990, however.''
 * , 1973–1976
 * , 1976–1978
 * , 1979–1981
 * Kurt Krüger, 1982–1986
 * , 1986–1989
 * Horst Lindner, 1989–1990

West Germany (1945–1990)

 * , 1954–1956
 * , 1957–1959
 * , 1959–1963
 * , 1963–1969
 * , 1969–1973
 * Franz Josef Hoffmann, 1973–1979
 * Karl-Heinrich Berninger, 1979–1982

Unified Germany (1990–2021)

 * , 2001–2004
 * , 2004–2006
 * , 2006–2008
 * , 2008–2010
 * Rüdiger König, 2010–2013
 * , 2013–2014
 * , 2014–2016
 * , 2016–2018
 * , 2018–2020
 * , 2020–2021