Zakiy is currently the Director of Parliamentary Relations for BAE Systems. Prior to this role, he spent several years working in the international development and security sectors, spending time abroad on a posting in North Africa with the Home Office.
Mehreen is currently the Head of CSR at Mayer Brown where she leads on the firm’s charitable giving, pro bono, sustainability and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Meetra is a former lecturer at Kabul University and a human rights researcher. She is skilled in crafting media contents and campaigns. Meetra was a Chevening Scholar and holds an LL.M from Lancaster University (UK) and a MA from Leuphana University of Lueneburg (Germany).
Katy is a strategic communications specialist with extensive experience encompassing both political and corporate campaigns globally aimed at improving social development and bolstering conservation efforts and has spent significant time in Sub-Saharan Africa, notably Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Zambia,
The Conservative Friends of Afghanistan have been closely following the effects of the novel coronavirus in Afghanistan, a fragile state and conflict zone.
After over a year of intensive talks, an official agreement between the U.S. and Taliban has been signed. The agreement reportedly begins with an immediate reduction in violence by all sides, followed by the signing of a U.S.-Taliban agreement.
