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M. Ashraf Haidari

Afghanistan Ambassador to Sri Lanka

M. Ashraf Haidari
M. Ashraf Haidari is Afghanistan’s ambassador to Sri Lanka. He headed the Afghan delegation in the Eleven-Party and Six-Party M. Ashraf Haidari is the ambassador of Afghanistan to Sri Lanka. He recently served as the director-general of the South Asia Cooperative Environment Program, or SACEP. In the 1990s, he was a humanitarian aid worker at the UN World Food Program and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Switzerland. He is a visiting senior fellow at the Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka; Observer Research Foundation in Delhi; and Afghan Institute of Strategic Studies in Kabul.
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Why the World Should Help Afghanistan

Taliban leaders have condemned Afghanistan to a perpetual humanitarian crisis with global consequences. Here’s what must be done.

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Afghanistan Will Know No Peace Without Pressure on Pakistan

Inconsistent global powers, foreign politics, and indifference to Pakistan’s Taliban sponsorship continue to frustrate Afghans and spoil peace efforts.