Ahmad Moqbel Zarar

Zarar Ahmad Moqbel Osmani
ضرار احمد عثمانی
Osmani, as Afghan Minister of Counter Narcotics, speaking in October 2011
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 28 October 2013 – 1 February 2015
President	Hamid Karzai
Preceded by	Zalmai Rassoul
Succeeded by	Salahuddin Rabbani
Personal details
Born	1964 (age 52–53) Parwan Province, Afghanistan
Alma mater	Parwan Pedagogy Institute (B. A.)
Religion	Islam

Zarar Ahmad Moqbel Osmani (Persian: ضرار احمد عثمانی‎‎, Pashto: ضرار احمد عثمانی‎, born 1964) is a politician in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2015 and Minister of Interior from 30 September 2005 to 11 October 2008. He previously served as Minister of Counter Narcotics and as Governor of Parwan Province. Prior to this he served as Chief of Police of Parwan province and as Afghan Ambassador to Iran. He also joined the mujahideen during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, fighting against the Afghan government led by Mohammad Najibullah.

Osmani was born in 1964 in Khuwaja Sayaran village, Parwan Province, Afghanistan. His father was a parliamentarian during King Zahir Shah's administration. He completed his primary education at Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani School in Kabul and his secondary education at Mohammad Osman Khan-e-Parwani Vocational School. He graduated from Habibia High School and later enrolled in the Polytechnical University of Kabul. He studied in Kabul Polytechnic institute from 1983 to 1988. He obtained his BA from the Parwan Pedagogy Institute specializing in math and physics.