Dr. Zalmay Rasool, the National Security Advisor of Afghanistan was born in 1923 in Kabul. He completed his primary and secondary education in Estiqlal High School. Dr. Rasool received his Doctorate in Medical from Paris, France.

As a medical practitioner, Dr. Rasool has served at many prestigious institutions, which include the Research Institute of Cardiac Diseases Paris, the Military Hospital of Saudi Arabia. Dr. Rasool also served as the Chief of staff of H.M Father of the Nation Mohammad Zahir in Rome. He also worked for Haqiqat e Afghan Publication regarding Jihad in Afghanistan in Paris.

His experience, both in the field of medicine and having worked in various countries made him the natural choice to serve as Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism and National Security Advisor of Afghanistan in the Interim government of Afghanistan. Currently he is the National Security Advisor in the Hamid Karzai government.

Dr. Zalmay Rasool is a multi-linguist who can speak Pashto, Dari, English, French, Italian and Arabic. He has 30 medical books and booklets of medicine in publications of Europe and the US, to his credit.