AISS Team

Mr. Abdul Ahad Mohammadi

Researcher

Mr  Abdul Ahad Mohammadi is a fellow Researcher at the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), Kabul. He holds Mas...

Mr. Hossein Ali Karimi

Researcher

Ali Karimi is a researcher at Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), Kabul. He also teaches at Esteqlal University, Kabul. Before that, he worked as a researcher with Hakim Sabzawari Univer...

Abdul Qadeer Mutfi

Researcher

Mr. Abdul Qadeer Mutfi is a researcher at Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), Kabul Mr. Mutfi worked in different Managerial Capacities for more than 6 years to Ministry of Commerce & In...

Safiullah Taha

Researcher

Safiullah Taha joined AISS at 2016, he holds an MA in Political Science. Mr. Taha has worked as online translator from Arabic language into Farsi/Persian at Egypt and as office manager in a private...

Nafay Choudhury

Resident Research Fellow

Nafay Choudhury (BA (Econ Hons.) McGill, MA (Econ) Queen’s, LLB/BCL McGill) is a Research Fellow at the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies and a PhD Researcher at King’s College London, whe...

Mr. Mohammad Hadi Ayoobi

Researcher

Mohammad Hadi Ayoobi is a Researcher at the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), Kabul. He joined AISS in 2016. He holds Bachelor of Social Sciences from the Kabul University. He has expe...

Hussian Ehsani

Researcher

Hussain Ehsani is researcher in radicalization department of Afghan institute for strategic studies-AISS. He earned master’s degree in Middle-East Studies (Concentration on Security, P...

Professor Thomas H. Johnson

Non-Resident Senior Fellow

Professor Thomas H. Johnson is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies and Director of the Program for Culture and Conflict Studies at the Naval Postgraduate Scho...

Dr. Shivan Mahendrarajah

Non-Resident Senior Fellow

Dr. Shivan Mahendrarajah is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies Research Fellow (2021–24) at the School of History, University of St Andrews, Scotland.

Gen. Abdul Hadi Khalid

Researcher Fellow

Lt. General Abdul Hadi Khalid is a fellow researcher of Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), Kabul since 2012. Previously he has held position of Vice Minister MOI of Afghanistan (2006-20...

Mr. Tamim Asey

Adviser and Research Fellow

Tamim Asey is the former Afghan Deputy Minister of Defense of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. He is a fellow at Asia Society and was a Fulbright scholar at Columbia University. Mr. Asey was al...

Mr. M. Ashraf Haidari

Research Fellow

Mr. M. Ashraf Haidari is the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Afghanistan to Sri Lanka, prior to which he was the Director-General of Policy and Strategy of the Ministry of the Forei...

Mr Zalmai Nishat Darayi

Research Fellow

Mr Zalmai Nishat Darayi is a Research Fellow at the Asia Centre of the University of Sussex. He has a BA in Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, an...

Mr. Qasim Wafaye zada

Research Fellow

Mr. Qasim Wafaye zada was born in Waras district of Bamyan Province in July 1980. He finished school in Panjab High School and graduated from Journalism Faculty of Kabul University in 2005. He was ...

Dr. Parviz Arezu

Research Fellow

Dr. Parviz Arezu is a Research Fellow at the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS).He holds PHD in International Economic Relations from Financial University under the government of the Rus...

Abdul Basir Azimi

Research Fellow

Mr. Abdul Basir Azimi is Researcher Fellow at Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS). He currently is the Advisor to the H.E. Chief Executive of Afghanistan on Com...

Dr. Yaqub Ibrahimi

Research Fellow

Dr. Yaqub Ibrahimi is a research fellow at AISS. Ibrahimi’s current research interests include international relations theory, international security, fragile state...

Dr. Davood Moradian

Director General

Dr. Davood Moradian is the founder and the first director-general of the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS).

He earned a doctorate degree from University of St Andrews (Scotland)....

Mr. Omid Zamani

Communication and Protocol Officer

Mr. Omid Zamani joined the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) on October 2014. In his current position as Communication and Protocol Officer, he is responsible for overall communication ...

Mrs. Sadaf Muradi

Admin/ Finance officer

Mrs. Sadaf Muradi is currently working with the AISS as an Admin/Finance Officer since May 2016. She is responsible for overall financial tasks, including maintaining communication with national an...

Sulaiman Naikzad

IT Officer

Mr. Sulaiman Naikzad joined the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) on June 2017. In his current position as IT Officer, he is responsible for overall Information Technology (IT) or Techn...

Mr. Massoud Hakimi

Logistic Officer

Mr. Massoud Hakimi is currently working as a Logistic Officer with the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies. He previously worked as an assistant to logistic officer at the AISS. He is graduated ...

Ah.Shahin Mardan

Admin/Liaison officer

Ah.Shahin Mardan joined Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies in October 2017. He has worked in a number of Civil Society Organizations as coordinator of...

Mr. Yama Salik

Researcher and Coordinator

Yama Salik Saghari is a Researcher and Coordinator for the Western Region at the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), Kabul. Previsously, he has worked as Head of Office for the Organizat...

Fatima Rahimi

Outreach Assistant

Fatima Rahimi joined Afghanistan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) on December 2018. She previously worked with a number of local media in Herat as announcer, Reporter, producer of social prog...

Professor Magnus Marsden

Chief Academic Adviser

Professor Magnus Marsden is the Chief Academic Adviser at the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies and Director of the Sussex Asia Centre School of Global Studies, University of Sussex.

Jaffer Abbas Mirza

Senior Research Coordinator

Jaffer Abbas Mirza is a researcher. In 2016, he was awarded a Chevening scholarship to study a master's in Religion in Global Politics at SOAS, London. He has been writing and working on counte...

Habib Buzorgmehr

Researcher & Coordinator

Habib Buzorgmehr is a Researcher & Coordinator for North Region “Balkh” at the Afghanistan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), Kabul. Previously, he worked as Political Adviser at...