Omar Samad

Omar Samad

Omar Samad is a former Afghan Ambassador to France, Canada, EU and NATO, and worked as an adviser to Afghanistan's chief executive before his resignat... ion in December 2015. Currently, he is the CEO of Silkroad Consulting.


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As both con­tenders for the pres­i­den­cy see the end of the elec­toral de­ba­cle ap­proach­ing, they’ve draw

Opinion by Omar Samad
Published On 11 Sep 2014

If Afghans fail to avoid po­lit­i­cal po­lar­i­sa­tion and eth­nic chau­vin­ism, it will im­per­il the post-2014 tran­si­tion process.

Opinion by Omar Samad
Published On 19 Jun 2014

Did Oba­ma rain on the Afghan pa­rade or are there back-chan­nel im­per­a­tives that trumped all oth­er con­sid­er­a­tions?

Opinion by Omar Samad
Published On 2 Jun 2014

Sec­ond round or not, there are only a few days left to reach a cred­i­ble elec­toral out­come ac­cept­able to most Afghans.

Opinion by Omar Samad
Published On 30 Apr 2014