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Malaiz Daud holds a Master’s degree in post-war recovery from the University of York. He has held high-level positions in the Afghan government. He also has been associated with CARE International, Afghan Development Association, Club de Madrid, and the German Social Democratic Party. He currently sits on Board of Directors of Afghan Civil Society Forum.
Political Leadership in Post-Taliban Afghanistan: The Critical Factor
Originally posted December 2009
A hasty, fluid, and poorly conceived process of creating leadership in a post-war situation mainly provides the space for rich and powerful — mostly corrupt — individuals to prevail because their roles, styles, and abilities overshadow concerns about their background, characteristics, homogeneity, and behavioral patterns.[1] Regrettably, such is the case in post-Taliban Afghanistan.
