Mohammad Asif Rahimi (born 1959) is an Afghan politician serving as ambassador to the Netherlands.
[2] An ethnic Tajik,[3] he was raised in Kabul,[4] and obtained a bachelor's degree from Kabul University in 1981 before completing post-graduate studies in Management of Development Programs in 1989 at Omaha University in Nebraska, United States.
He was appointed to his current posting in October 2008 and was confirmed by the National Assembly of Afghanistan.
[7] Asia Times reported that on November 17, 2009, two employees of the Ministry of Agriculture had the home they shared with their extended family raided by American special forces.
Asia Times reported that the Minister of Agriculture had personally appealed to the Americans for the release of his employee.