Cold war
•Afghan-American relations become important during the start for the Cold War, between the United States and soviet,union
•Princess Mohammed Naim, king Zahir Shah's cousin,became the Charged'affaires in Washington,D.C at that time,U.S president Harry S. Truman commented that the friendship between the two countries would be "preserved and strengthened" be the presence of senior diplomats in each capital.
•The first official Afghanistan Ambassador to the United States was Habibullah Khan Tarzi, who served until 1953. The U.S.Kabul Legation was elevated to the U.S Embassy Kabul on May 6,1948. Louis Goethe Dreyfus, who previously served as minister Plenipotentiary,became the U.S Ambassador to Afghanistan from 1949 to 1951.
•In 1953, Richard Nixon who was serving as U.S Vice President at the time made an official diplomatic visit to kabul. He also took a short tour around the city and met with local Afghans.
•In 1958 Prime Ministers Daoud Khan become the first afghan to speak before the United States Congress in Washington,DC.His presentation focused on a number of issues, but most importantly,underscored the importance of us-afghan relations.
•In that time the United States declined Afghanistan's request for defense cooperation but extended an economic assistance program focused on the development of Afghanistan's physical infrastructure-roads,dams, and power plants.
•By the 1970, numerous American teachers,engineers,doctors,scholars,diplomats, and explorers had traversed Afghanistan's rugged landscape where they lived and worked.
•The peace corps was active in Afghanistan between 1962 and 1979. many other American programs were running in the country such as CARE,American Scouting overseas (Afghanistan scout Association) USAID ,and others.