Embassy of Canada, Kabul

Embassy of Canada in Afghanistan
Location	Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul
Address	Street No. 15, House No. 256
Ambassador	William Crosbie

The Embassy of Canada in Afghanistan is a Canadian government diplomatic mission located in the Afghan capital city of Kabul. It is responsible for bilateral relations between Canada and Afghanistan. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were re-established on September 5, 2003. The current serving Head of Mission is Philip Mackinnon.

On 20 June 2016, guards at the embassy were attacked by a suicide bomber belonging to either the Taliban or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. At least 14 to 16 people were killed, not including the suicide bomber. Nine people were injured.

External links

Official site

Related links

Canadian-Afghanistan relations (since 2003)
Embassy of Afghanistan in Ottawa

Diplomatic missions of Canada

Americas	Boston Bridgetown Buffalo (closed 2012) Chicago Houston Los Angeles Mexico City New York Washington, D.C.

Asia	Abu Dhabi Kabul Hong Kong Taipei Tokyo

Europe	Berlin Bucharest Budapest London Canada House Kiev Moscow Oslo Paris Warsaw Zagreb

Oceania	Canberra

Other	European Union

Former	Washington, D.C. (1927-1988) Dublin (residence, 1957-2008) London (Macdonald House, 1961-2014)

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