General information
February 12, 1992 - date of establishment of diplomatic relations between Kazakhstan and Afghanistan.
In 1993 the Embassy of Afghanistan in Kazakhstan was opened (in 2005 the Embassy was relocated from Almaty to Astana). The Consulate General of Afghanistan also functions in Almaty.
In 2002 the Diplomatic Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Afghanistan was opened.
In 2003 the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Afghanistan was opened.
Visits at the highest and high levels
Afghan presidents have visited Kazakhstan seven times (official visits by H.Karzai on April 15-16, 2004 and A.Ghani on November 19-20, 2015, and as part of participation in the OSCE and CICA summits).
Afghan vice-presidents and heads of the executive branch have visited Kazakhstan four times (A.Z.Masud on an official visit on June 13-15, 2007 and as part of participation in the SCO meeting on October 30, 2008, M.K.Khalili on May 21-23, 2014 as part of participation in the Astana Economic Forum, A.Abdullah on December 14 2014 within the framework of participation in the SCO meeting).
Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan S.Zhumangarin paid an official visit to Kabul on April 15, 2023.
Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan visited Afghanistan five times (K.Saudabaev on November 22, 2009, May 17 and July 20, 2010, E.Kazykhan on June 13, 2012 and E.Idrisov on November 24, 2016).
Interparliamentary cooperation
In 2012, the Speaker of the lower house of the IRA Parliament A.Ibrahimi twice traveled to the Republic of Kazakhstan at the head of Afghan delegations (march 14 - Meeting of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly, August 28-29 - International Conference on the theme «From a ban on nuclear tests to a world free of nuclear weapons»).
May 11-12, 2013. A parliamentary delegation of the Republic of Kazakhstan headed by the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, Defense and Security of the Majilis M.Ashimbayev visited Afghanistan.
On December 9-13, 2013, at the invitation of the leadership of the Majilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, a delegation of the Lower House of the Parliament of Afghanistan led by the Second Vice-Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament S.Saljuqi visited Kazakhstan.
On June 14-17, 2015, the delegation of the Lower House of the Parliament of Afghanistan consisting of the Deputy Chairman of the Commission on Women and Children Affairs Sh.P.Ahmadi and a member of the Commission on Budget B.M.Jawzjani took part in the International Conference dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Assembly of the Nard of Kazakhstan in Astana.
From May 31 to June 1, 2016 member of the Parliament of Afghanistan S.Saljuqi took part in the international conference "Religions against terrorism" and the meeting of the Secretariat of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Astana.
On September 26-27, 2016, Chairman of the International Affairs Commission of the Senate of the Parliament of Afghanistan A.Pashtun took part in the Asian Interparliamentary Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation in Astana.