Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, Chatterton Dickson will take up his appointment next month, the UK Foreign &Commonwealth Office said in a statement.
Dickson worked as deputy ambassador and charge d’affaires of the UK embassy in Kabul during 2013-2015.
He has also served as diplomat in Bangladesh, Balkans, US and the Philippines.
Dickson succeeds Hugo Shorter who will be transferring to another diplomatic service appointment.