United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Afghanistan’s Zahir Tanin as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Khaama Press reported on Thursday.

Ban announced on Wednesday that Zahir Tanin is the replacement for Farid Zarif whose assignment is going to be completed at the end of this month.

Tanin was appointed as a Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations in 2006.