Hekmat Khalil Karzai is the deputy foreign minister of Afghanistan.
12 Facts About Hekmat Karzai
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Hekmat Karzai was appointed as the deputy foreign minister on 21 January 2015.
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Hekmat Karzai led the Afghan delegations in the first face to face talks with the Taliban in July 2015 and at the Quadrilateral Coordination Group meetings with a focus on creating an enabling environment for the Afghan peace process.
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Hekmat Karzai established the CAPS Strategic Shura, which works on various strategic levels and is an informal channel to deal with the challenges of the peace process on the ground.
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Hekmat Karzai is considered an authority on Afghanistan and has been invited to address the European Parliament and many think tanks including the International Institute for Strategic Studies and Centre for Strategic and International Studies He has lectured in prestigious institutions of higher learning such as Harvard and Tufts University on security and state building.
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Hekmat Karzai serves as non-resident senior fellow at the East West Institute in Brussels.
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Hekmat Karzai has a Bachelor of Arts in political science from University of Maryland, United States of America; Master of Science in information technology from American University, United States of America and Master of Science in strategic studies from Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies, Singapore.
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Hekmat Karzai conducted research in development, security and conflict resolution.
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Hekmat Karzai has written extensively on Afghanistan, security, peace and reconciliation.
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Hekmat Karzai has appeared on BBC World Service TV, CNN, CNN International, and Al Jazeera English, among others.
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Hekmat Karzai is the son of Shaheed Khalil Khan and brother of Shaheed Hashmat Khan.
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Hekmat Karzai was born in Kandahar and in addition to English is fluent in Pashto, Dari and Urdu.