Afghanistan–Spain relations

Afghanistan–Spain relations are the bilateral and diplomatic relations between these two countries. Afghanistan has an embassy in Madrid[1] and Spain has an embassy in Kabul.[2]

Afghanistan-Spain relations

Afghanistan
Spain

Military operations
Visit of the president of the Spanish government Rodríguez Zapatero with soldiers of the Spanish Army in 2010.

The Spanish military operations in Afghanistan were developed with the objective of clearing the insurgency in the provinces of Herat and Badghis (Together many times with Italian forces) in Afghanistan and leave the province ready for Afghans to take care of it after the withdrawal of Spanish troops in 2014 in addition to rebuild those provinces which were in charge.

References
  1. List of foreign embassies in Spain Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
  2. Ficha de Afganistán Office of Diplomatic Information. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Section: Representation Data.


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