Mr. Faqiri is currently a Senior Fellow and Faculty Associate – Lead Greater Central Asia Initiative the Institute of Asian Research University of British Columbia. Having served as a career diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, Mr. Faqiri has held high positions of professional responsibility at home and overseas ranging from a General Directorate to Minister plenipotentiary -Ambassadorial levels.

He obtained a master degree in Peace building and Conflict Resolution from Center of Diplomatic and Strategic Studies Paris – France. He has successfully attended numerous Fellowships Programs throughout his professional and diplomatic career.

Mr.Faqiri is both an academic and a practitioner in the fields of diplomacy, international relations, Peace building and Conflict Resolution as well as issues related to central Asian. Mr. Faqiri has worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan from February 2002 to July 2014. He served in various capacities, more precisely, as Deputy Permanent Delegate of Afghanistan to UNESCO in Paris, Spokesman and General Director of Media relations MoFA, Minister Plenipotentiary Deputy Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, and Minister Plenipotentiary Deputy Ambassador to Washington D.C.

Mr. Faqiri has acquired an international environment of multi-cultural character, He has fervent desire to contribute and serve in the fields of peace building, conflict management, social and economic development and more specifically the ascending of Asian and its new security order.

He speaks English, Farsi, Pashtu, and intermediate French.