Rabbani, que fou ambaixador de l'Afganistan a Turquia el 2011, s'ha format a l'estranger i és vist com un tecnòcrata, malgrat tenir forts vincles tribals entre els tadjiks, que ha heretat del seu pare.
Rabbani, who was Afghanistan's Ambassador to Turkey in 2011, is foreign educated and viewed as technocrat, despite having strong Tajik tribal connections through his late father.