Haron Amin
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"Haron Amin" (Dari (Persian dialect)/Dari: ????? ????‎; July 19, 1969 – February 15, 2015) was the Afghanistan/Afghan ambassador to Japan and non-resident ambassador to Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore from 2004 to 2009. He is chiefly known, however, for his role as spokesman for the Northern Alliance during the United States/U.S.-led invasion of his country after the events of September 11, 2001.

A consistent presence in American media prior to the Taliban's collapse, Amin was appointed chargé d'affaires to the United States by the interim Afghan government on January 14, 2002. He was the highest-ranking Afghan diplomat in Washington, D.C./Washington for a year-long period in 2002-03, before being appointed to the Tokyo embassy in 2004.

Amin was born in Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan of Tajik people/Tajik descent.

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Our intelligence tells us he is still in Afghanistan. I think the U.S. apprehension was right in deploying some of these special forces across the border and making sure he wouldn't take that venue into Pakistan.

We know the terrain. We know the turf. We speak the language. We can be of maximum use in Afghanistan, and I think that's something that the international community really needs to look at.