KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Yama Yari, Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Germany, has announced his resignation, citing increasing diplomatic pressures and concerns over the impact on Afghan migrants’ documentation process.
In a statement released on November 18, Mr. Yari explained that his decision was driven by the “political stance of the host country” and to avoid further complications for Afghan nationals seeking assistance.
Yari stated that he would formally transfer administrative duties at the Afghan Embassy to his colleagues in accordance with diplomatic protocols. Following his resignation, Abdul Baqi Popal, a former counselor at the embassy, will assume the role of acting ambassador.
In a separate development, Sayed Lutfullah Sadat, Afghanistan’s Consul General in Bonn, also resigned, citing similar reasons. He explained that his decision was based on the need to prevent further difficulties for Afghan migrants, as well as ongoing “political considerations and restrictions imposed by the host country.”
Both Yari and Sadat were appointed by Afghanistan’s previous republican government, with Yari serving as ambassador in Berlin and Sadat as consul general in Bonn. Despite the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, both men had continued to represent the former government’s interests in Germany.
In August of this year, the Taliban announced that it would no longer recognize the credentials of Afghanistan’s diplomatic missions in several European countries, including Germany, due to the lack of engagement with their regime. This decision has created significant challenges for Afghanistan’s embassies and consulates, with many diplomatic missions in Europe suspending operations.
Currently, only a few of Afghanistan’s diplomatic and consular missions in Europe remain operational in coordination with the Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including the embassies in the Netherlands, Spain, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic, as well as the Afghan Consulate in Munich, Germany.
