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Amb Nasir Ahmad ANDISHA (1979) Prior to his appointment as Ambassador to Australia, was the Director General of the Fifth Political Division (US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) 2009-2011, at the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2006-2007 he was the Director of Multilateral Economic Relations and International Financial Institutions. Earlier, he worked as the Chief of Staff for the Deputy Foreign Minister (2005-06). He also worked as a consultant with the Energy Charter Secretariat in Brussels. In 2008, he briefly worked with the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan at the U.N headquarters in New York City.

Before joining the Foreign Service, Amb. Andisha worked with the International Committee of Red Cross as a field officer. He taught International Relations and Economics at the Al-Beruni University, Afghanistan (2005-2006).

In summer of 2007, Amb. Andisha received the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship and completed his master degree in international affairs (International Economics and Development) at The George H. Bush School of Government and Public Services in Texas A&M University. He later finished Advanced Security Studies Diploma from the Marshall Center for European Studies in Garmisch-Germany and Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies in Hawaii, USA. He earned his undergraduate degree, in Economics and Political Science from Osmania University in Hyderabad- India. He also received a Diploma in UN Studies from the Institute of U.N Studies in New Delhi and a Diploma in IT from the Sikkim- Manipal University of India.

Amb Andisha was teaching Economic at the Institute of Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is fluent in Farsi/Dari, Pashto and English and posse’s basic fluency in French and Arabic.

He likes playing soccer and table tennis. Amb Andisha is married. He and his wife have one son.