Friday, February 5, 2010

Background on Hamed Wardak

Hamed Wardak has a great deal of experience with U.S. and Afghanistan relations. As the founder of Fedayeen-e-Sol, a multiethnic civil movement that tries to achieve reform in Afghanistan through non-violent means, he works tirelessly for the causes of the Afghan people. He is also the founding vice-president of the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce.

Hamad Wardak is the founder and CEO of Ludus Athletics, a company dedicated to helping people achieve their maximum physical strength and give back to their communities. From 2004-2005, Hamed Wardak was a Managing Director for International Operations with Technologists, Inc. In this capacity, he generated $44 million in design-build contracts in Afghanistan. More recently, he founded, along with 7 others, the Campaign for a US-Afghanistan Partnership (CUSAP) which is a nonprofit organization of American and Afghan citizens. Their goal is to achieve a sustainable peace and security in Afghanistan and to promote prosperity and growth.

Hamed Wardak speaks English, Dari and Pashto and lives between Washington, CD and Kabul.