User:Zmiakhel/Shahmahmood Miakhel

Shahmahmood Miakhel is the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Country Director for Afghanistan. Previously, Mr. Miakhel served as Governance Program Officer for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA). Mr. Miakhel also served distinguishably as the Deputy Interior Minister of Government of Afghanistan.

Mr. Miakhel is widely known in international circles and domestic arena as an expert on governance issues facing Afghanistan, academic writer on understanding the social and traditional make-up of the Afghan society, and a practitioner in bringing democratic reforms to Afghanistan. Mr. Miakhel led the initial UNAMA efforts to bring grassroots democratic reforms in Eastern Afghanistan, where he led the election teams, and then participated as an elected member in the Constitutional Loya Jirga.

Miakhel in News:

National Public Radio: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/12/07/131879364/high-up-in-afghanistan-a-ghostly-ride-through-the-salang-tunnel The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nick-mills/happy-new-year_b_803189.html The Afghanistan Analyst Network: http://aan-afghanistan.com/index.asp?id=1408 Small Walls Journal: http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2010/12/counterinsurgency-as-a-cultura/ Global Post: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/afghanistan/090416/schooled-the-taliban

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