The Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C. is committed to reaching out to citizens across the United States through effective public diplomacy. These person-to-person contacts are the driving force behind the Afghanistan-American partnership and present Embassy officials vital opportunities to engage the U.S. public in a dialogue about the situation in Afghanistan.
Ambassador Said T. Jawad and Embassy officials have participated in numerous speaking engagements at universities, conferences, think tanks, and World Affairs Councils throughout the United States. They have spoken to students, business and civil society leaders, soldiers, military families, and concerned citizens in over twenty states.
For more information on the Embassy’s public diplomacy campaign, please reference the relevant sections in our most recent Annual Report 
09/30/2007 - Embassy Hosts Rumi Scholars from Around the World
08/20/2007 - Embassy of Afghanistan Celebrates Independence Day
08/01/2007 - Political Counselor Haidari Meets with Georgetown Students
07/16/2007 - Political Counselor Haidari Speaks with National Guard Training Team
07/06/2007 - Ambassador Said T. Jawad Thanks American Soldiers on the 4th of July
07/06/2007 - Political Counselor Aziz Discusses Afghanistan and Central Asia at the U.S. Department of State's Foreign Service Institute
06.27.2007 - Political Counselor M. Ashraf Haidari Responds to Readers' Quesitons on Development Gateway Online (pdf)
06.27. 2007 - Embassy of Afghanistan Re-Launches Dari/Pashto Newsletter
06.27.2007 - Commercial Attache Addresses Engineers at Army Navy Club
06.12.2007 - Ambassador Jawad Discusses Strategy at New America Foundation
06.12.2007 - Ambassador Jawad Addresses Afghan Counter-Narcotics Police Graduates
06.07.2007 - Ambassador Jawad Hosts Luncheon for Woodrow Wilson Center Board of Trustees
06.06.2007 - Political Counselor M. Ashraf Haidari Visits CNPA Trainees at the DEA Academy
05.25.2007 - Ambassador Said T. Jawad Applauds ASCHIANA Foundation and Germany for their Contributions to Afghanistan
05.24.2007 - Ambassador Said T. Jawad Addresses World Affairs Council of Washington, DC
05.18.2007 - Ambassador Said T. Jawad Discusses Aid Effectiveness at the Center for American Progress
05.18.2007 - Ambassador Said T. Jawad Discusses Afghanistan On Board the Queen Mary 2
05.08.2007 - Birney Elementary School Learns About Afghanistan
04.19.2007 - Embassy Emphasizes Afghanistan's Economic Role at U.S. Dept of Commerce (BISNIS) Conference
04.18.2007 - Counselor Haidari Lectures on Afghanistan’s Drug Control Policy at Georgetown University
04.17.2007 - Ambassador Jawad Plants Vine For Peace And Addresses Students At UC Berkeley
04.12.2007 - Georgetown University Center for Peace and Security Studies - Just Back from Afghanistan: Experience and Insights of SSP and SFS Alumni and Students
03.19.07 - National Defense Intelligence College - Afghanistan: Security and Reconstruction Challenges and Opportunities
03.06.07 - Ambassador Jawad Travels to Washington State
03.02.07 - American Foreign Service Association – Afghanistan and the War on Terror
03.02.07 - Ambassador Jawad Speaks with Military Families at Fairchild Air Force Base
02.15.07 - Syracuse University College of Law Institute for National Security and Counter-Terrorism – Security and Development in Afghanistan: Challenges and Opportunities
02.15.07 - Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs - Media in Afghanistan: Past Challenges and Present Achievements
02.27.07 - Ambassador Jawad Addresses the Afghan Relief Organization in Los Angeles
02.08.07 - Suffolk University Law School - Transitional Justice: The Rule of Law in Afghanistan
01.26.07 - Ambassador Jawad Speaks to Young Professionals in Foreign Policy
12.12.06 - Princeton University – Afghanistan’s Drug Control Strategy
11.17.06 - Ambassador Jawad Attends Graduation of Afghan Businesswomen in Arizona
11.08.06 - Ambassador Jawad Discusses Afghanistan’s Partnership with the U.S. in Jacksonville
10.20.06 - Ambassador Jawad Travels to Philadelphia 
10.20.06 - Ambassador Jawad Discusses Post 9-11 in Texas
10.16.06 - US Foreign Service Institute – Threats to Afghansitan’s Stability
10.11.06 - American University School of International Relations – Afghanistan’s Reconstruction
09.20.06 -
Ambassador Jawad Visits NY City to Discuss Security in Afghanistan
08.31.06 - Georgetown University – Afghanistan Since 9/11
08.10.06 - National Advisory Council for South Asian Affairs – Afghanistan in the Globalization Era
06.03.06 - Fort Blixx TX – Graduation Address to Afghan Counter-Narcotics Pilots
06.02.06 - Wabash College – The Challenges of State Building in Afghanistan
05.19.06 - American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) – The Future of Afghanistan
05.11.06 - US Camp Shelby – Security and Governance Challenges in Afghanistan
04.05.06 - Middlebury College – Keynote Address at Symposium on Remember Afghanistan?
03.31.06 - Old Dominion University - Nation/State Building in the Contemporary International System
02.21.06 - Fort Polk LA - Achievements, Challenges, and the Future of State-Building in Afghanistan
01.10.06 - Fort Drum NY - Governance in Afghanistan: Challenges and the Future
