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SPECIAL EVENT
Keeping Hope Alive
A National Press Club Address By H.E. Mr Wahidullah Waissi, Ambassador Of Afghanistan To Australia, New Zealand And Fiji
FRIDAY 18 AUGUST 2023
11.30 AM – 1.30 PM
National Press Club of Australia
When the Republic of Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in August of 2021, a network of Afghan ambassadors across the world stayed in place to represent the idea of the country that had been lost, and the dream of the country that could be. We hear from the remarkable man who is keeping the embassy doors open in Australia.
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WAHIDULLAH WAISSI is a career diplomat who represented the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan as Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji since March 2017. Despite the political upheaval in Afghanistan since August 2021, Ambassador Waissi persists in fulfilling his diplomatic responsibilities, operating outside the realm of Taliban influence.