The Embassy of Afghanistan in
London
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( ps, د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوری سفارت; prs, سفارت جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان) is the primary
diplomatic mission
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of the
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the
United Kingdom
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. It is located at 31 Princes Gate in
London
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's
South Kensington
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district.
The building now used for the embassy was constructed by
Charles James Freake in the late 1850s.
["Princes Gate and Princes Gardens: the Freake Estate: Development by C.J. Freake", ''Survey of London'', volume 45: ''Knightsbridge'' (2000), pp. 191–205. Availabl]
here
at British History Online. Accessed 6 February 2014.
Earlier residents include the industrialist Charles Wright, chairman of
Baldwins, and
George Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley.
The Constitutional Yearbook
1901.
Afghanistan bought this building in 1925.
Gallery
File:Embassy of Afghanistan in London 2.jpg, Plaque outside the embassy in Dari
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and English
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* English language
* English people
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See also
* List of diplomatic missions in London
* Afghanistan–United Kingdom relations
* Embassy of the United Kingdom, Kabul
The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Kabul was the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission to Afghanistan. The British first established a diplomatic mission, a legation, in 1922 after the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919. The Viceroy of India George Curz ...
* Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan
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* :Ambassadors of Afghanistan to the United Kingdom
References
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
London
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Afghanistan–United Kingdom relations
Embassies without a government
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