United States Embassy in Kabul

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Main building of the embassy (2010)

The United States Embassy in Kabul is the United States diplomatic mission in Afghanistan . It is currently headed by Ambassador John R. Bass (as of September 2018). The US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan is also based here.

history

The embassy was built in the 1940s. In 1989 it was closed due to the security situation and reopened in autumn 2001 as part of Operation Enduring Freedom . It was massively expanded until 2006.

In November 2010 the embassy employed 1,100 people, which should be increased to 1,200 by the end of the year.

In addition, in November 2010, a contract for $ 511 million was awarded to Caddell Construction . The money is to be used to expand the embassy to 302 offices, two residential buildings with 433 beds and a parking lot for 300 vehicles by 2014 .

In April 2011 the US government announced that the previous ambassador, Karl Eikenberry, would be replaced by Ryan Crocker .

On 13 and 14 September 2011, the message was, together with the NATO - Headquarters , from an adjacent shell out, attacked six bombers. Six grenades landed on the embassy premises and an Afghan security guard and three people waiting for visas were injured. In the 20-hour battle, including the attackers, 27 people were killed. According to Ambassador Ryan Crocker, the Haqqani network was responsible for the attacks.

On September 26, an Afghan and a United States citizen died in a shooting in what is known as the embassy’s Ariana complex. Another US citizen was injured. According to the embassy spokesman, the attacker was the Afghan. The Ariana complex is used by the CIA , according to the Afghan government . This and the embassy declined to comment.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b $ 500 million for the US embassy in Kabul. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 3, 2010, accessed November 5, 2010 .
  2. ^ Matthias Rüb: Copied from George W. Bush. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . April 27, 2011, accessed April 28, 2011 .
  3. ^ US embassy in Kabul under fire. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . September 14, 2011, accessed September 15, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Battles ended after 19 hours. In: the daily newspaper . September 14, 2011, accessed September 14, 2011 .
  5. ↑ Two dead in a shooting in the US embassy. In: ORF . September 26, 2011, accessed September 26, 2011 .

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