Ramin, Amir Mohammad

1. Former Ambassadors to Turkey Ankara:
Masood Khalili (20091122)
Salahuddin Rabani Salahudin Rabbani (20101216-20120400)
Dr. Amanullah Jaihoon (20120721)
Abdul Rahim Sayed, (sacked 20180908)
Amir Mohammad Ramin (20200903)

Other Afghan Diplomats:

2. Previous Funktion:

Head of the department for regional cooperation at the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)
Ambassador to Turkey (20200903)

3. Biodata:

Amir Mohammad Ramin. The Taliban sent memos to the consulate’s first secretaries Seyeed Hamed Nomani and Ahmad Baryalay Kabirzadeh, the second secretary Hekmatullah Durrani, and to the third secretary Ghulam Mustafa Zaka on December 10, 2024.  These four diplomats were appointed to the consulate in Istanbul by the republic government and have continued to provide diplomatic services despite the collapse of the former government.

The Taliban foreign ministry meanwhile has asked the diplomats to return to Kabul stating: “Considering the termination of their diplomatic service in Turkey, they are being informed to return to Kabul,” the memo read.
 

The Afghan consulate’s first secretary Seyed Hamed Nomani told Amu said  that all four of them will continue their work as usual as they do not recognize the Taliban’s foreign ministry. The consulate staff have barred the Taliban-appointed diplomat Zadran, who considers himself consul-general in Istanbul, from entering the consulate for the last three months.
 

In a statement on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2025, the embassy said that, despite the Taliban’s repeated efforts to take control of the mission since the fall of the former Afghan government on Aug. 15, 2021, Turkish authorities recently decided to terminate the accreditation of the ambassador and several diplomats appointed under the previous government. The decision, made under Turkey’s authority and in accordance with the Vienna Conventions, effectively ends the tenure of all diplomats from Afghanistan’s Republican era at the embassy, with their accreditation officially revoked as of Feb. 6, 2025, according to the statement.