He is the Special Representative for Afghanistan since 2022 Kabulov, who was born in Soviet Uzbekistan, graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1977, and went on to work in various diplomatic posts in the central offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and abroad, in particular in Afghanistan.

[2] His Central Asian background further bolstered his position in dealing with Afghan and Pakistani issues.

In 1995 Kabulov took part in talks with the Taliban in an attempt to secure the release of a Russian Il-76 crew whose plane was forced to land in Kandahar.

Between 1996—1998, Kabulov was a senior political adviser in a special mission of the United Nations for Afghanistan, based in Pakistan.

On 18 March 2004, Kabulov presented his diplomatic credentials to Hamid Karzai, the head of the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan.