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An Afghan-led institute built on the discipline of evidence<\/p>\n

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Independent. Non-partisan. Rooted in field realities.<\/p>\n

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\n Vision<\/span><\/p>\n

An Afghanistan in which individuals across communities \u2014 including women, minorities, and the displaced \u2014 can speak openly, listen to one another, and shape evidence-based solutions for a peaceful, just and climate-resilient future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Mission<\/span><\/p>\n

To advance rigorous research, inclusive dialogue, and evidence-based policy engagement that strengthens Afghan-led analysis and decision-making.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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How the institute works<\/h2>\n

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Rigorous Research<\/h3>\n

Methodologically sound analysis of Afghanistan\u2019s political, social, economic and environmental conditions.<\/p>\n

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Evidence-Based Policy<\/h3>\n

Translating research into practical, actionable recommendations.<\/p>\n

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Inclusive Dialogue<\/h3>\n

Spaces where Afghans can voice grievances, build understanding and identify shared solutions across ethnic, gender and political divides.<\/p>\n

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Founded on disciplined purpose<\/h2>\n

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Mundigak was founded by Afghan practitioners and researchers who saw how decades of conflict and institutional fragmentation had eroded trust, knowledge and policy coherence, and who believed the answer had to be built by Afghans, not delivered to them.<\/p>\n

The institute exists to restore a disciplined link between research, dialogue and the decisions that follow from them.<\/p>\n

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Leadership & Governance<\/span><\/p>\n

Governed for independence and accountability<\/h2>\n

Mundigak is in the process of establishing its Board of Directors. Incoming directors and their biographies will be added as they join.<\/p>\n

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Board of Directors<\/h3>\n

Provides strategic oversight and ensures accountability. The Board does not determine individual research findings or dialogue outcomes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Executive Director<\/h3>\n

Leads day-to-day operations and programme delivery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Management Team<\/h3>\n

Oversees research, dialogue, policy and operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Founder & Executive Director<\/span><\/p>\n

Pashtoon Atif<\/h2>\n

Founder and Executive Director<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr. Pashtoon Atif is the Founder and Executive Director of Mundigak. He brings more than two decades of experience in international development, governance, and programme leadership across government, international organizations, and civil society.<\/p>\n

Mr. Atif served as Director General of Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), leading national climate and environmental policy at ministerial level and representing Afghanistan in engagements with the World Bank, the Green Climate Fund, UNDP, and UNEP.<\/p>\n

Prior to NEPA, Mr. Atif led humanitarian and development programmes in some of the world’s most complex operating environments, including active conflict zones in Afghanistan and Darfur, Sudan. He served as Country Director of GoodWeave International in Afghanistan, where he directed a multi-year effort to eliminate child labour from the handmade carpet sector alongside the delivery of a child trafficking prevention programme, both of which achieved documented reductions in child labour and in the number of children at risk. Mr. Atif has also worked with the United Nations Development Programme and the Italian NGO Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI), managing UN-, ECHO-, and USAID-funded programmes in health, water and sanitation, and the reintegration of ex-combatants.<\/p>\n

Mr. Atif holds a Master of Public Policy from the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, where he was a Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust Scholar, and a BA in International Relations from Tufts University.<\/p>\n

It is this experience of inside government, inside the UN system, and on the ground in conflict-affected communities that Mr. Atif now brings to Mundigak’s mission of producing independent, rigorous policy research on Afghanistan’s governance, environment, and development challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Coming Soon<\/span><\/p>\n

Board Director profiles<\/h3>\n

Incoming directors and their biographies will be published here as they join.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Free of political, governmental, and armed influence<\/h4>\n

Mundigak operates independently of political parties, governments, and armed actors. All funding and partnerships are assessed to safeguard institutional integrity. The institute is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England & Wales (Company No. 16977198).<\/p>\n

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Support independent Afghan-led research<\/h2>\n

Independent support enables the institute to maintain analytical integrity and institutional autonomy.<\/p>\n

Support Our Work \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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