Shaida Mohammad Abdali ( ps, شیدا محمد ابدالی, born on 8 November 1978 in
Kandahar) is the
Afghan Ambassador to Japan
Within the context of diplomatic relations between Afghanistan and Japan, Afghanistan has appointed an envoy to Japan intermittently since 1933, under the title of either ambassador or ''chargé d'affaires''.
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. He was formerly the
Afghan Ambassador to India
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from 2012 to 2018.
Early life and education
Abdali was born on 8 November 1978 in
Kandahar.
He has M.A. in Strategic Security Studies from the
National Defense University, and a PhD from the
Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Career
Abdali was the Afghan Ambassador to India resident in
New Delhi, and also the non-resident Ambassador to
Bhutan,
Maldives and
Nepal. He was subsequently nominated by President
Hamid Karzai to serve as the Deputy
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and Special Assistant to the former President of Afghanistan. Ambassador Abdali provided the President with policy and oversight advice on national security issues.
In this way he was fully active in Afghan politics.
In January 2021, Abdali was appointed as the Afghan Ambassador to Japan. He had been the Ambassador-designate in Tokyo without presenting his
letter of credence for around four months because of the
COVID-19 outbreak in Japan, especially the
Japanese government
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has placed its capital, which includes the
Imperial Palace, under a state of emergency due to
COVID-19 on April 25. Abdali eventually presented his letter of credence to
Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace on May 27.
Despite the
Fall of Kabul to the
Taliban in August 2021, Tokyo still hosts Abdali as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Afghanistan.
Personal life
He is married and has four children.
Works published
* ''Afghanistan Pakistan India: A Paradigm Shift'' (July 2016),
Pentagon Press
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References
External links
Ambassador's Biography by the Embassy of Afghanistan, Tokyo*
Ambassadors of Afghanistan to Bhutan
Ambassadors of Afghanistan to India
Ambassadors of Afghanistan to Japan
Ambassadors of Afghanistan to the Maldives
Ambassadors of Afghanistan to Nepal
Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni
Pashtun people
People from Kandahar
1978 births
Living people
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