Shaida Mohammad Abdali

Former Afghan ambassador to India

Shaida Mohammad Abdali شیدا محمد ابدالی


Afghan Ambassador to Japan in-exile
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2021
President	Ashraf Ghani (until 15 August 2021)
Preceded by	Bashir Mohabbat
Afghan Ambassador to India
In office 20 July 2012 – 19 September 2018
President	Hamid Karzai
Preceded by	Nanguyalai Tarzi
Succeeded by	Tahir Qadiry (acting)
National Security Advisor
President	Hamid Karzai

Personal details
Born	(1978-11-08) November 8, 1978 (age 45) Kandahar, Afghanistan
Children	4
Alma mater	National Defense University Jawaharlal Nehru University

Shaida Mohammad Abdali (Pashto: شیدا محمد ابدالی, born on 8 November 1978 in Kandahar) is the Afghan Ambassador to Japan.^[1] He was formerly the Afghan Ambassador to India from 2012 to 2018.^[2]

Early life and education

Abdali was born on 8 November 1978 in Kandahar.^[3]

He has M.A. in Strategic Security Studies from the National Defense University, and a PhD from the Jawaharlal Nehru University.^[3]

Career

Abdali was the Afghan Ambassador to India resident in New Delhi, and also the non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan, Maldives and Nepal.^[4] He was subsequently nominated by President Hamid Karzai to serve as the Deputy National Security Advisor and Special Assistant to the former President of Afghanistan. Ambassador Abdali provided the President with policy and oversight advice on national security issues.^[3] In this way he was fully active in Afghan politics.^[5]

In January 2021, Abdali was appointed as the Afghan Ambassador to Japan.^[6] 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 has placed its capital, which includes the Imperial Palace, under a state of emergency due to COVID-19 on April 25.^[7] Abdali eventually presented his letter of credence to Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace on May 27.^[8]

Despite the Fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August 2021, Tokyo still hosts Abdali as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Afghanistan.^[9]

Personal life

He is married and has four children.^[3]

Works published

Afghanistan Pakistan India: A Paradigm Shift (July 2016), Pentagon Press, ISBN 978-8182749030

References

^ "Ambassador's Biography". Embassy of Afghanistan, Tokyo. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ Haidar, Suhasini (20 September 2018). "Afghanistan Ambassador to India quits". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ambassador's Biography". Embassy of Afghanistan, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ "H.E. Shaida Mohammad Abdali | WEF | Women Economic Forum". WEF. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "Shaida Mohammad Abdali: Latest News, Videos and Photos on Shaida Mohammad Abdali - DNA News". DNA India. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "New Posting". Delhi Confidential. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ "Japan considering state of emergency for Tokyo, other areas beyond May 11 - media". Reuters. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ "Presentation of the Letter of Credence of Ambassador of Afghanistan to Japan (駐日アフガニスタン大使の信任状捧呈)". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 May 2021.
^ "Press Conference by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

External links

Ambassador's Biography by the Embassy of Afghanistan, Tokyo
Shaida Mohammad Abdali on X

Ambassadors of Afghanistan

Minister of Foreign Affairs	Abdullah Abdullah (2001–2006) Rangin Dadfar Spanta (2006–2010) Zalmai Rassoul (2010–2013) Zarar Ahmad Osmani (2013–2015) Salahuddin Rabbani (2015–2019) Haneef Atmar (2021) Amir Khan Muttaqi (acting; 2021–present)
Permanent Representative to the UN (New York)	Ravan A. G. Farhâdi (1993–2006) Zahir Tanin (2006–2015) Mahmoud Saikal (2015–2019) Adela Raz (2019–2021) Naseer Faiq (chargé d'affaires) (2021–present)
Permanent Representative to the UN (Geneva)	Akbar Kherad Mohammad Nabi Amani Sher Ahmad Nasri Homayon Tandar Shamsuzzakir Kazemi Assad Omar Nanguyalai Tarzi (2007–2010) Zalmai Aziz (2010–present)

Ambassador to China	Mahyuddin Sadat (chargé d'affaires; 2022–2023) Bilal Karimi (2023–present)
Ambassador to the United States	Ishaq Shahryar (2002–2003) Said Tayeb Jawad (2003–2010) Eklil Ahmad Hakimi (2011–2015) Hamdullah Mohib (2015–2018) Roya Rahmani (2018–2021) Adela Raz (2021–2022)
Ambassador to the United Kingdom	Hameed Haami (chargé d'affaires)
Ambassador to Pakistan	Nanguyalai Tarzi (2002–2007) Mohammad Anwar Anwarzai (2007–2008) Abdul Khaliq Farahi (designated ambassador) Majnoon Gulab (chargé d'affaires) (2007–2011) Mohammad Omar Daudzai (2011–2013) Janan Mosazai (2013–2016) Omar Zakhilwal (2016–2018) Atif Mashal (2018–2020) Najibullah Alikhel (2020–2021) Sardar Ahmed Khan Shakeeb (chargé d'affaires) (2021–present)
Ambassador to Iran	Mohammad Omar Daudzai (2005–2007) Yahya Maroofi (2007–2009) Obaidullah Obaid (2010–2021)
Ambassador to India	Masoud Khalili (2001–2006) Sayed Makhdoom Raheen (2006–2010) Nanguyalai Tarzi (2010–2012) Shaida Mohammad Abdali (2012–2018) Farid Mamundzay (2021–2023)
Ambassador to Russia	Ahmad Zia Massoud (2001–2004) Zalmai Aziz (2007–2010) Azizullah Karzai (2010–2016) Abdul Qayyum Kochai (2017–2021) Said Tayeb Jawad (2021–2022) Jamal Nasir Gharwal (chargé d'affaires; 2022–present)
Ambassador to Canada	Omar Samad (2004–2009) Jawed Ludin (2009–2011)
Ambassador to Australia	Mahmoud Saikal (2002–2005) Mohammad Anwar Anwarzai (2005–2007) Amanullah Jayhoon (2007–2011) Nasir Ahmad Andisha (2011–2015) Ghulam Abbas Farasoo (chargé d'affaires) (2015–2017) Wahidullah Waissi (2017–present)
Ambassador to Turkey	Masoud Khalili (2007–2010) Salahuddin Rabbani (2011–2012)
Ambassador to Spain	Gul Ahmad Sherzada Masoud Khalili (2010–present)
Ambassador to Japan	Mohammad Noor Akbary (chargé d'affaires) (2002–2004) Haron Amin (2004–2009) Eklil Ahmad Hakimi (2009–2010) Mohammad Amin Fatemi (2010–2017) Bashir Mohabbat (2017–2021) Shaida Mohammad Abdali (2021–present)
Ambassador to France	Omar Samad (2009–2011)
Ambassador to Norway	Yahya Maroofi (2005–2007) Jawed Ludin (2007–2009) Manija Bakhtary (2009–2021)