Daoud Naji
{{short description|Afghan politician}}
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| native_name = {{Nobold|{{lang|prs|داوود ناجی}}}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|06|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Malistan, Ghazni, Kingdom of Afghanistan
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| nationality = Afghan
| alma_mater = Balkh University
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Daoud Naji ({{langx|Prs|داوود ناجی}}; born 17 June 1973) is an Afghan Hazara politician, political activist and journalist. He served as s senior political adviser to the Afghan National Security Council under the former government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Before he joined the government, he was a senior leader of the Enlightenment Movement of Afghanistan and the Tabassum movement. Naji has previously been a BBC Radio journalist and worked for BBC World Service for 14 years, and as of September 2024, he serves as the head of the political committee of the Afghanistan Freedom Front.{{cite web |url=https://www.afintl.com/202409225018 |title=تخریب تندیس مزاری؛ جبهه آزادی می‌گوید طالبان 'برای نابودی شیرازه وطن‌داری کمر بسته است'|author= |date=22 September 2024 |website=Afghanistan International |access-date=22 September 2024 |language=fa |trans-title=The destruction of the Mazari statue; Freedom Front says the Taliban is "determined to dismantle the fabric of nationhood" |quote=The head of the political committee of the Afghanistan Freedom Front, in response to the destruction of the statue of Abdul Ali Mazari, the founder of the Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan, said that the Taliban is determined to destroy the fabric of nationhood.}}
Early life and education
Daoud Naji was born on 17 June 1973 in Malistan, Ghazni province. He has a bachelor's degree in Persian language and literature from the Faculty of Language and Literature at Balkh University. When the Taliban came to power, he left Mazar-e-Sharif and went to Jaghori, Ghazni province, where he worked as a teacher.
In year 2000 he immigrated to Quetta, Pakistan and established the Albironi elementary School for refugees, which later became a high school.
In 2002, he began working with BBC Persian as a local reporter in Helmand and Kandahar. In 2006, he moved to London to continue his job as a senior producer in BBC Persian.
In 2009, he became the new Editor-in-Chief of BBC Persian online, the most visited website in Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Iran, for Persian speakers around the world.
During 2011 and 2012, he began training online for Afghan journalists in a joint project with the support of the BBC and media action.
In 2014, he started writing for the daily [https://www.etilaatroz.com/ Etilaat-e-Roz]. Currently, he is a member of the editor's board of daily Etilaat-e-Roz. Daoud Naji has participated in several international conferences as a reporter.{{Cite web|title=BBC فارسی - افغانستان - داود ناجی در برنامه خاطره ها و ترانه ها |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/afghanistan/2009/09/090904_hn_khatera_daud_naji|access-date=2020-12-12|website=www.bbc.com|language=fa}}{{Cite web|title=Daoud Naji|url=https://www.journalismfestival.com/speaker/daoud-naji|access-date=2020-12-12|website=Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |url=https://8am.af/1393/01/26/election-human-rights-afghanistan-davood-naji/ |title=داوود ناجی، روزنامه‌نگار: جامعه افغانستان دچار انقطاع فرهنگی است | |access-date=2020-12-12 |archive-date=2017-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520182137/http://8am.af/1393/01/26/election-human-rights-afghanistan-davood-naji/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|last=dailyetilaatroz|date=2018-10-04|title=زندگی‌نامه داوود ناجی نامزد مستقل انتخابات پارلمانی 1397|url=https://www.etilaatroz.com/66432/زندگی‌نامه-داوود-ناجی-نامزد-مستقل-انت/|access-date=2020-12-12|website=روزنامه اطلاعات روز|language=fa-IR}}{{Cite web|title=داوود ناجی مشاور ارشد سیاسی شورای امنیت ملی|url=https://www.afghanpaper.com/nbody.php?id=164203|access-date=2020-12-12|website=www.afghanpaper.com}}{{Cite web|last=jomhornews.com|date=2020-07-16|title=جمهور - تعیینات جدید در شورای امنیت ملی، داوود ناجی به عنوان مشاور ارشد سیاسی تعیین شد|url=http://jomhornews.com/fa/news/129603/|access-date=2020-12-12|website=خبرگزاری جمهور|language=fa}}
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