Khushnood Nabizada

Khushnood Nabizada
خوشنود نبی‌زاده
Born
Khushnood Nabizada

(1987-03-27) March 27, 1987 (age 38)
Shibar District, Bamyan Province, Afghanistan
OccupationsJournalist, entrepreneur
Known forFounder of Khaama Press
SpouseRazia Nabizada
Children3
Websitewww.khushnood.us

Khushnood Nabizada (خوشنود نبی‌زاده; born March 27, 1987) is an Afghan journalist and entrepreneur. He is the founder and owner of Khaama Press, an online news agency based in Afghanistan.[1]

Early life

Nabizada was born on March 27, 1987, in Shibar District of Bamyan Province in central Afghanistan.[2] He is an ethnic Hazara and belongs to the Shia Muslim community.[2][3]

Around age eight, his family moved to Puli Khumri in Baghlan Province. During his fifth grade, Nabizada and his family fled to Rawalpindi, Pakistan, due to Taliban rule in Afghanistan. He returned to Afghanistan in 2003 during the presidency of Hamid Karzai.[2]

Education

Nabizada graduated from Habibia High School in Kabul in 2006.[4] He obtained a bachelor's degree in business administration from Kardan University in 2012.[5] He later earned a master's degree in Global Affairs and Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University.[6]

Career

Khaama Press

In October 2010, Nabizada founded Khaama Press in Kabul.[7] The news agency publishes content in English, Persian, and Pashto. According to Afghanistan's Access to Information Commission, Khaama Press was the most visited news website in Afghanistan in 2020.[8]

Other work

From 2007 to early 2014, Nabizada worked as a senior business executive at the Insurance Corporation of Afghanistan.[5]

In 2011, he founded ZubLink, a web design and digital marketing company originally established in Kabul as Barg Sabz Web Designing. The company later relocated to the United States.[9]

In 2016, Nabizada was appointed chief of staff to Afghanistan's Ministry of Urban Development and Housing under President Ashraf Ghani.[10] In 2020, he became chief of staff to the State Ministry for Peace under Minister Sadat Mansoor Naderi.[11]

Assassination attempt

On February 1, 2021, Nabizada survived a roadside bomb attack in Kabul's 10th police district while traveling to work.[12] The U.S. Embassy in Kabul condemned the attack.[13]

Resettlement in the United States

In August 2021, during Operation Allies Refuge, Nabizada and his family evacuated from Afghanistan to the United States.[14] They initially spent nearly five months at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin before being resettled in Richmond, Virginia, in December 2021.[2][15]

In his account published by the Richmond Times-Dispatch in January 2022, Nabizada wrote: "Emigration has never been my fantasy, but a compulsion to escape death."[2] In July 2022, he spoke about his experiences at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.[16]

Personal life

Nabizada is married to Razia and has three children: two daughters, Artisa and Armita, and one son, Arash.[2]

Honors

In December 2024, Nabizada was inducted into two academic honor societies: Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society, and Beta Gamma Sigma, the International Business Honor Society.[17]

References

  1. ^ "About Us". Khaama Press. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "My earliest memories involve escaping the Taliban. In August, I fled again, bringing my family to Virginia". Richmond Times-Dispatch. January 29, 2022. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  3. ^ "'We are alive, but we are not yet living' — Afghan refugee who made it to Wisconsin". Wisconsin State Journal. February 1, 2022. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  4. ^ "Khushnood Nabizada". Who is who in Afghanistan. December 10, 2014. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  5. ^ a b "Khushnood Nabizada, Founder Khaama Press, Afghanistan". June 8, 2015. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  6. ^ "Khushnood Nabizada". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  7. ^ "About Us". Khaama Press. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  8. ^ "About Khaama Press Ranking" (in Persian). Access to Information Commission, Afghanistan. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  9. ^ "ZubLink launches digital services for Afghan businesses". Khaama Press. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  10. ^ "Assuming office as Chief of Staff" (in Persian). Ministry of Urban Development and Housing. Archived from the original on August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  11. ^ "Assuming office as Chief of Staff" (in Persian). State Ministry for Peace. Archived from the original on August 18, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  12. ^ "Blast Targets Peace Ministry Official's Vehicle in Kabul". TOLOnews. February 1, 2021. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  13. ^ "Another Kabul Blast Leaves One Civilian Dead; US Embassy Condemns Attack on Senior Peace Official". Khaama Press. February 1, 2021. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  14. ^ Meek, Andy (August 22, 2021). "Here's What Two Journalists Told Me, In Real Time, About Their Escape From Afghanistan". Forbes. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  15. ^ "'I don't know what will happen': After months at Ft. McCoy Afghan family resettled in separate states". Lake Mills Leader. March 25, 2022. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  16. ^ "Conversation on Relocation, Reconnection and Community". Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. July 29, 2022. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  17. ^ "A New Milestone: Graduation and Honored Memberships". Khushnood.us. December 2024. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
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