Hafizullah Khaled

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Hafizullah Khaled is the founder and director of the Help Afghan School Children Organization (HASCO) based in Vienna ((Austria) . HASCO is a not-for-profit and non-political organization dedicated to assist Afghan new returnees and displaced families send their children into school.

Mr. Khaled received his Licentiate's degree in Law and Political science from Kabul University in 1978. He served as a diplomat in Afghanistan Embassiesin Dhaka and Baghdad. He also worked in export promotion department of the Ministry of Commerce.

In 1988 he joined the newly established UNGOMAP Liaison Office in Kabul. The aim of this office was to support and facilitate United NationsGood Office Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Mr.Khaled is an Advisor of Afghanistan Reconstruction in Development Gateway,member of the directors board in Hopes Journey Organization, and contributer to several humanitarian and Afghan children related Organizations.

Mr.Khaled has written his monograph about military expenditures in the world where he explained the need for reducing huge military expenditures and spending these resources for social and economic development such as building schools for children, health facilities and supplying drinking water for poor people all over the world.