Hamed Wardak News

Building an Afghan & U.S. Partnership

Afghanistan School Renovated

admin | August 8, 2010

Since a school in Parmakhan underwent severe damage in 2007, the school has not been functioning.  But just recently, a ceremony was held to mark its re-opening following renovations at a cost of $120,000.  Much work was involved in this project and other improvements (like a well and water pump) were also added.  As well, [...]

Hamed Wardak and US-Afghanistan Relations

admin | June 18, 2010

Hamed Wardak, founding vice president of the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce, spends much of his time seeking ways to strengthen relations between the two countries. Recent developments via Afghan’s Finance Ministry and America’s Ambassador to Afghanistan run very much along these lines.  The Ambassador, along with Afghan’s Finance Ministry’s officials recently activated two new and [...]

Hamed Wardak and Developments in Afghanistan

admin | June 11, 2010

This article discusses the upcoming construction of a railway system in northern Afghanistan, which will be beneficial to the people as a whole, who will not have to rely on countries like Pakistan for imports and exports as much.

President Obama & President Karzai Meeting

admin | May 12, 2010

In recent important Afghan news, President Karzai of Afghanistan is in the United States at the moment meeting with President Obama and House leaders.  President Karzai has, so far, expressed his thanks on behalf of the Afghan nation to the American people.  He thanked them for the sacrifices that they have made and he said [...]

Hamed Wardak Offers His Vision in a Letter to Obama

admin | April 1, 2010

In response to a 60 Minutes interview with Obama, Hamed Wardak has shared his vision for helping Afghanistan to grow and flourish.  He urged Obama to reassure the Afghan people by entering into bilateral agreements similar to those signed by the U.S. and Iraq.
He wants to see Obama set clear benchmarks and goals that the [...]

More Background to Hamed Wardak

admin | February 25, 2010

Hamed Wardak has an impressive and interesting past that has led him to be the Afghan-American leader that he is today.  He received his BA in Government and Political Theory at Georgetown University in 1997, where he received the honor of being the Valedictorian of his class. He was then elected to be an American [...]