The Alaska World Affairs Council Presents

Ambassador Said Tayeb Jawad
Afghanistan's Ambassador to the US

"Beyond the Headlines:
Afghanistan's Stability and Global Security"

Monday, November 19, 2007 – Hilton Hotel
Doors open at 11:30 a.m. - Program begins at 12:00 p.m.
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Lunch Program $20 for Members - $25 for Non-Members - $6 for Coffee Only

His Excellency Said T. Jawad, appointed as Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the United States of America by President Hamid Karzai, presented his credentials to President George W. Bush on December 4, 2003.

In March 2002, Ambassador Jawad returned to Afghanistan from the United States to assist in the rebuilding effort of his country. Under his leadership, the Embassy of Afghanistan is emerging as one of the most successful missions in Washington DC. He also serves as Afghanistan’s non resident Ambassador to Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Argentinia and accompanies President Karzai on most foreign trips.

Prior to his appointment as Ambassador, he served as the President’s Press Secretary, Chief of Staff as well as the Director of the Office of International Relations at the Presidential Palace. Ambassador Jawad has worked closely with President Karzai in formulating strategies, implementing policies, building national institutions and prioritizing reforms in Afghanistan. He also worked with the U.S. and Afghan military experts to help reform the Ministry of Defense and rebuild the Afghan National Army. Among his many accomplishments, he was instrumental in drafting Afghanistan’s foreign investment laws and also served as President Karzai’s principal liaison with the constitutional commission during the process of the drafting of Afghanistan’s new constitution.

Ambassador Jawad was educated at the Afghan French Lycée Istiklal and School of Law and Political Sciences at Kabul University. Shortly after the Soviet invasion in 1980, he left Afghanistan and went into exile in Germany, where he studied law at Westfaelische Wilhelms University in Muenster. In 1986 he settled in the USA, where he received his MBA from the Golden Gate University, in San Francisco and worked for a number of prominent law firms.

Ambassador Jawad is also a writer and commentator. He has published hundreds of articles and conducted numerous interviews with international media throughout the world. He is fluent in English, German and French. He is married to Shamim Jawad, a financial consultant, and they have a son, Iman, 14.

Message from the Ambassador
“As we are succeeding in our fight against terrorism, eliminating the narcotics and the accompanying corruption are now our national priorities. Trade and trafficking of narcotics go hand in hand with terrorism and instability. It is to our best national interest to fight them both vigorously and simultaneously. The reduction of poppy fields as reported by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime shows that our newly adopted eight-pillar 2005 Counter Narcotics Implementation Plan is working well, and the Afghans are responding to President Karzai’s national appeal ‘to fight this menace, as we fought the Red Army'”