Malik Achakzai

Being freelancer, contributing writer, pundit, reader, rest lover and interested in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Iran, Central Asia, China, Russia and American Politics, International Relations, Political Economy, Human Rights, Health, Ecology, Geography, Archaeology, Theology, Buddhism. I completed my two years of master's from the department of Mass Communication at University of Baluchistan at Quetta. Before completing my master I had already joined reporting for local news papers in Balochistan and had already started freelancing to various Pashto, Urdu, English organizations. Voice of America (VoA) Ashna Radio Pashto service for which I have been freelancing since 2009 till the date. I do report for another online Pashto organization having news and views both from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the world, focusing on politics, war, human rights, sports and entertainment. I have been working as pundit for PolicyMic.com a NY based organization [PolicyMic is our generation’s platform to make our voices heard. We reach millions of people with our high-quality, personal analysis on the news, policy, and pop culture that’s changing our world] since December 2011. I did report as Lahore city correspondent for a Pakistani News Paper Express Tribune, an affiliated News organization with New York Times International, And have contributed reporting to Afghanistan Times an English daily at Kabul, Afghanistan. I am an alumni of German organization Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and was part of its Afghan-Pak Young Journalist Exchange program in 2012 titled as "understanding the neighbors", when we together with Young Afghan journalists produced researched based stories both in Pakistan and Afghanistan [Khyber Pashtunkhwa, Islamabad and Kabul were visited during program]. I was part of Deutsche Welle Akademie program "Train The Trainer for Journalists in Crisis Regions" training in 2013. Now I am part of United Press International (UPI) Next and Truth Tracker reporters team from the Pakistani volatile province of Balochistan.

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This Is the Future Young Afghans Want For Their Country

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Afghanistan Will Never Again Be Ruled By the Taliban

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Pakistan Bomb Blast Kills 9 On Peshawar Bus

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Lashkar-e-Jhangavi Terror Group Sets Off Multiple Bombs in Pakistan: 120 Killed, 265 Injured

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The Buddhas of Aynak: The Afghan Cultural Site That the World Does Not Care About

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Afghanistan News: Karzai Urges Taliban to Stop Fighting Ahead of 2014 Withdrawal

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A Portrait of the Dangerous Roads Patrolled by the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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Afghans Should Accept Peace Talks With the Taliban to Promote Peace

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A Comparative Portrait of Afghanistan and Pakistan