Khojesta Fana Ebrahimkhel (born 1964, Kabul, Afghanistan) [1] is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Afghanistan to the Republic of Austria (and non-resident to Croatia, Hungary, Liechtenstein, and Slovenia) and as Permanent/Resident Representative to the United Nations Vienna-based organizations including CTBTO, IACA, IAEA, ICMPD, INCB, OSCE, UNIDO, UNOV/UNODC, effective 2017. [2]
Ebrahimkhel was also Chargé d'Affaires a.i. in the United States from 22 September 2010 until 14 February 2011. Ebrahimkhel worked as an attorney for the Attorney-General and as a crime investigator in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul before starting her diplomatic career. [2]
She earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science, with specialization in Law and Diplomacy, from Kabul University [2] in 1982. After applying for asylum in Germany, she studied German, mathematics, chemistry and physics at the University of Karlsruhe. [1] Her father is Mohammad Jan Fana.