Daoud Naji

Daoud Naji (born 17 June 1973) is an Afghan politician and journalist who currently serves as the head of the political committee of the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) since September 2024.

An ethnic Hazara, he served as 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.