Media and Public Relation Officer at the Embassy of Afghanistan, Washington, D.C.Expertise:
• Middle East
• Democratization Process in Afghanistan
Mr. Ghafoory currently serves as the Media and Public Relations Officer at the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington D.C. Previously he held the same position at the Embassy of Afghanistan in Brussels. Prior to this assignment, in 2005 – 2007, Mr. Ghafoory worked as the Afghan Media Correspondent and Researcher. In 2004 he was the Editor-in-Chief for the Austrian Refugee Service in Vienna where he was in charge of the coordination between Austrian authorities, experts and politicians on different refugee issues in the context of their integration into Austrian society. During his career, Mr. Ghafoory has held many other positions such as Information Officer in the International Organization for Migration in Vienna (2002) or Liaison Officer for Education Committee for Afghan Refugees (ECAR) where he was responsible for the briefing media and connecting ECAR with other international organizations.



