Hekmat Karzai
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Hekmat Karzai is a citizen of Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 who is a former academic, former diplomat, and is the founder and director of Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

's Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies.
He is a former RMS Fellow at the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

.
He is currently a senior fellow at the East West Institute.

Afghanistan's new President Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai, GCMG is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001...

 appointed Hekmat Karzai Head of Afghanistan's Washington Embassy's Political Department in May of 2002.

Hekmat Karzai is a cousin of President Hamid Karzai.
His father, Khalil Lula Karzai, was allegedly killed by another relative Yar Mohammad Karzai in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 in the early eighties. He has an elder brother named Hashmat Karzai.
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