Hameed Hakimi

Hameed Hakimi was born in Afghanistan and lived there during the 1990s civil and the Taliban government. He is currently a Researcher at the Asia Programme in Chatham House. Follow him on twitter @hameedhakimi.

Left behind: the rural youth in Afghanistan’s election

Despite the success of Afghanistan’s transparent, peaceful election, engagement with rural populations remained low. Failure to address the growing disaffection resulting from the urban-rural gap threatens the country's fragile progress.

By Hameed Hakimi

/ 15 Apr 2014