Hamish Nixon is a researcher on local governance issues at the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, based in Kabul. He has worked on post-conflict political issues in Afghanistan, Cambodia and El Salvador, and has participated in election missions to the Balkans, Russia, southeast Asia and the middle east.

Recent articles

Afghanistan is more than Kabul. As the country voted for a new parliament and assemblies, Hamish Nixon of the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit reports on a journey to the western region around Herat.

On the eve of Afghanistan’s delayed, difficult but vital parliamentary and provincial elections, Hamish Nixon finds that the more you know about Afghanistan the more complex it seems.