Nizam Salarzai
Journalist, researcher, and advocate from the Pakistan–Afghanistan frontier. I write on security, militancy, and political transition. I work on the responsible deployment of AI. And I have spent years organising for the legal integration of my home region into the country's mainstream.
Three threads, one record.
Journalism & research
Verification-led reporting from a high-stakes region. Security, militancy, and the slow workings of the state.
Read selected work → № 02Advocacy & organising
Years of jirgas, dialogue, and patient negotiation toward ending a colonial-era legal regime.
The merger story → № 03Technology & AI
Legacy modernization, responsible AI in enterprise, and a fairer share of the digital economy for the Global South.
My thinking →Essays, reporting, and dispatches.
Peace cannot be imposed from above — it has to be built with, and by, the people who pay its cost.
Writing, in your inbox.
Reporting and reflection from the frontier. No noise, no churn — just the work.
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