Mustafa Babak

RESEARCH ASSISTANT - CLASS OF 2011

Author Biography

A native of Afghanistan, Mustafa Babak is an undergraduate international student at University of the Pacific, majoring in Communication. Prior to attending University of the Pacific, Mustafa was the Country Director of Sayara Media & Communication, a social marketing agency that designs and implements public information campaigns and communication strategies for Afghan Ministries, Foreign Embassies, UN organizations, Foundations and non-profit organizations. Mustafa has nearly a decade of experience in project management, qualitative outreach programs and strategic public relations advising for district government officials. In 2008, Mustafa worked in A&B One, a leading communication agency in Berlin, as part of a program organized by the German Embassy in Kabul for successful young professionals.

Mustafa works on the Sustainable Development, Sustainable Security program and the Country Profiles program.

Education
University of the Pacific, BA (Communication) 2014

Languages:
Pashtu, Dari, English, French, Urdu

Hometown:
Logar, Afghanistan

Publications

Afghanistan: Reconstruction, Corrupted

August 4, 2011
By Mustafa Babak
The Fund for Peace Commentary

Last December, I left Kabul and came to America to pursue higher education. While battling to adjust to a new environment and keep up with my studies, I found myself developing a daily routine of checking for news updates about my homeland, Afghanistan, at least once every day. As I followed the news from home very carefully, my thirst to hear of the latest updates about Afghanistan reminded me of the same questions I had asked myself over a decade ago: In the years since the ouster of the Taliban, what have the international community and the government done to significantly improve Afghanistan?

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