[1] In 2013, Germany opened the consulate general in a former hotel in Mazar-i-Sharif, the second German diplomatic mission other than the embassy.

[2] The devastating bomb attack in Kabul on May 31, 2017, which killed 150 people and injured 400, took place near various embassies, including the German Mission.

The office of the German foreign intelligence service BND at the embassy was also badly damaged.

[citation needed] After the attack, all employees from Afghanistan were initially withdrawn, with only one core team continuing to work from NATO headquarters.

30 Bundeswehr soldiers from the German Resolute Support Mission protected the grounds of the embassy until its reopening.