SadRoz

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Ghani Abdullah campaign trail platform

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Head of SadRoz:
Ahmad Shuja (20150107)

Ahmad Shuja is a writer, blogger and analyst. He writes primarily about development, security, nation-building, policy, democratization and issues pertaining to the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. He is an assistant editor at Iran Times, a contributor to the Huffington Post, and maintains his personal blog. He has appeared on the BBC, Al-Jazeera English, FOX News, the Kojo Nnamdi Show, TOLO News, Voice of America and other outlets. His day job as a Executive Director is with the the Foundation for Afghanistan, a Washington DC- and Kabul-based nonprofit organization that works to build human capacity in Afghanistan. He was also assistant editor at the Washington, DC-based Iran Times. Ahmad has offered commentary on Afghanistan to domestic and international media, including Al Jazeera English, BBC News, FOX News, the Washington Post, NPR, and others. Ahmad is a 2013-2014 Asia Society Afghanistan Young Leaders fellow. Ahmad studied political science and economics at Berea College in Kentucky. Ahmad tweets at @AhmadShuja

Background on SadRoz.af
Sad roz means 100 days in Dari. On the campaign trail, presidential candidates make promises to win votes. SadRoz.af is a collaborative tool to track the first 100 days ofthe new government against campaign promises. Our goal is to empower Afghans to play a role in making the administration live up to its promises. SadRoz.af’s motto isour government, our watch.” SadRoz.af team used a wide network of citizen journalists, visitors and civil society groups to track updates on the promises. SadRoz.af was able to “break” the news of the reopening of the Kabul Bank case and the signing of the Access to Information Law. SadRoz.af content was available in three languages – English, Dari and Pashto – for users on social media and the website itself.

Last modified:

07 January 2015

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07 January 2015

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