List of ambassadors of Turkey to Afghanistan

The list of ambassadors of Turkey to Afghanistan provides a chronological record of individuals who have served as the diplomatic representatives of the Republic of Turkey to the many countries that existed in what is today known as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

Suicide attack on ambassador
On 26 February 2015, a suicide bomber targeted İsmail Aramaz by ramming a Toyota sedan filled with explosives to a diplomatic Mercedes-Benz SUV used by the Embassy of Turkey outside their compound. Witnesses say the diplomatic SUV was waiting to pick up İsmail Aramaz, a Turkish national, who was just appointed as the representative of NATO to Afghanistan. He was not in the car and survived. The attack killed one Turkish soldier and wounded another.

Importantly, İsmail Aramaz also served as the ambassador of Turkey to Afghanistan, and his term had ended a month prior to the attack, as he was now the representative of NATO to Afghanistan.

Turkish soldiers stationed at the embassy responded to the scene.

Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that they did not intend to harm any diplomatic mission, and that they targeted a US convoy.

Turkish Armed Forces said in a brief statement that the attack targeted the team tasked with protecting İsmail Aramaz.