Sharif Ghalib was serving as Chief Policy Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan. He formerly served as Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and Chargé d'affaires of the Embassy of Afghanistan in Ottawa, Canada. Prior to the posting, he served as (DPR) and Chargé d'affaires to (UNOG) and Chargé d'affaires at the Embassy of Afghanistan in Bern, Switzerland. Ghalib is the first Afghan diplomat to have represented Afghanistan in Canada.