Since 08/2025: Associate, of the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies
01/2023-07/2025: Visiting Fellow (funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation) at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies
Since 09/2021: Coordinator of Afghanistan Chapter at the World Beyond War organisation, USA.
09/2022 – March 2023: Lecturer at the Centre for Persian & Central Asian Studies, SLL&CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.
01-12/2022: Secretary to Embassy-School Board – Sayed Jamaluddin Afghan High School, India.
Education: PhD in International Relations from the Centre for European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Current Research
International Aid Architecture
Official Development Assistance
European Development Policy
Memberships
Afghanistan Research Hub, Membership in discipline-specific association or network, since 2024
World Beyond War (WBW), Leader of Afghanistan Chapter, since 2021
Awards
Scholarship for Scholars at Risk, Gerda Henkel Foundation, 2023
Special Scholarship Scheme for Afghan Nationals, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), 2016
National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) Award, 2013
What went wrong with two decades of EU aid in Afghanistan and what must change? The Study Commission and Committee of Inquiry highlighted key failures. Drawing on interviews and multilayered Afghan perspectives, new insights and concrete policy recommendations for future aid intervention are given.
Role of the United States and Russia in Post-War Afghanistan: Fighting or Supporting Taliban?
In the past two decades, US and Russia's presence in Afghanistan has been evident. Both supported and used local terrorist networks like the Taliban to counter each other's influence in the region. Afghanistan's strategic location has sustained their Cold War rivalry, and it is likely to continue.
I was officially announced as the Representative of Afghan Youth to Asia during the inauguration of the Youth High Council by former President Ghani in 2021. One of my key contributions to Afghan youth is this book, written to educate and inspire them to recognize and unlock their true potential.
My co-authors, Dr. Anwar Khairee and Dr. Purnima Sharma, and I collaborated on this book to assist Indian students in learning the Pashto language through Hindi. We incorporated commonly shared Pashto-Hindi words to make the learning process more accessible. Currently, we are working on the second edition of this book.
Organiser: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Dr. Nazir Ahmad Yosufi (Speaker)
The ARH serves as a collaborative platform designed to facilitate networking and connect academics, researchers, scholars, and institutions engaged in research related to Afghanistan and its diasporas in Germany.
