Hanan

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

I'm a broadcaster and print journalist with more than nine years experience of investigative reporting from Afghanistan and Pakistan. I have worked for the BBC as an online editor for the Pashto section and as a producer, editing reports, interviews and special weekly programs from various parts of Afghanistan.

I am currently am working as a freelance journalist, based in London, writing on the conflict in Afghan and the politics of Pakistan. My work has been published by the Pajhwok News Agency, Reuters news agency, the Washington Post and Frontier Post. I have also had articles published on various international news websites.

Earlier this year, one of my articles was shortlisted for the Guardian International Development journalism competition. The article, on Afghan street children, beat hundreds of entries to make the top 20.

I have spent my career covering important events in Afghanistan, including the fall of the Taliban and the US occupation.I also covered the conflict between famous Afghan warlords and the violence they have committed against the humanity.I've interviewed hundreds of the victims who suffered the oppressions intentionally done against them.