Bio
Shahmahmood Miakhel is the Chief of Party in Afghanistan for the US Institute of Peace (USIP).
Prior to that he was a Governance Advisor for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and, from 2003-2005, a Deputy Minister of the Interior in the Government of Afghanistan. In 1994-1995 he worked for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in South and Southeastern Afghanistan, helping to establish District Rehabilitation shuras. He also worked as a reporter for the Pashto service of the Voice of America from 1985-1990.