Afghan Biographies

Patang, Pamir


Name Patang, Pamir
Ethnic backgr. Pashtun
Date of birth 1973
Function/Grade Afghanistan Expert and Businessman
History and Biodata

Pamir Patang
Email: pamirpatang(at)yahoo.com

2. Previous Functions:
(Director General of Patang Group of Companies in 1990s for five years in Moscow?)
Cultural Affairs Senior Advisor to the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Helmand (2009-2011)

Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Commerce and Industries (2011-2012)
Head Afghanistan National Fund (ANF) (20200500, 20200900)


3. Biodata:

Pamir Patang was born 1973 and hails from Kabul, Afghanistan. It is said he belongs to the Pashtun Durrani tribe. Little is known about his educational background. Pamir Patang fled Taliban-held Afghanistan for Britain in the year 2000. He holds a Master of Arts (M.A.), Intelligence and Security Studies (2006 – 2008) from Brunel Universit, UK. He is a British national and lives with his family in west London.

Pamir Patang was deployed in October 2009 by the Stabilisation Unit to work as a Cultural Affairs Advisor in the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Helmand where he helps deliver cultural and political advice to Governor Gulab Mangal, Helmand’s provincial governor.


Patang worked for 9 years in the capacity as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for UNHCR, NATO HQ in Brussels, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) London, Scotland Yard in London, Serious Organised Crime Agency in the UK, Ministry of Defence in the UK and British Media.


An Afghan TV station has published Aug. 17, 2012: The Attorney General has suspended Pamir Patang, Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Commerce and Industries after it was revealed that his Master's degree from Brunel University in the United Kingdom is fake and fraud. According to the Attorney General's inquiry, Patang has been suspended from duty while an investigation has been launched to gather further details about Patang's discrepancies in his Bachelor's and Master's degrees, a source reports that Pamir Patang is not a high school graduate.

Patang received the highest level of authenticity clearance from Brunel University (UK) together with other heads of educational authorities in order to confirm the genuineness of his hard earned academic qualifications. Having said that, charges were dropped by the Attorney General and no further action was taken against Patang who regretfully resigned from his post due to political pressures. (20140314)

During the years of 2011-2013, he escaped two assassinations against him in Kabul. It was reported that the ordered assassinations were linked to his key post in the Government, where he made key decisions that had positive and negative impact in the society.

President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Ghani appointed Pamir Patang, brother of RTA Presenter Diva Patang, as Afghan National Fund ANF chief.(2020, 20210503)

Pamir Patang is fluent in Pashtu, Dari, English and Russian

Last Modified 2021-05-03
Established 2013-05-18