- Eng. Shafiqullah Shaiq is the President of Shaiq Network/Media Center, a leading private media organization based in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan. The network operates a private television channel, three private radio stations, a newspaper, and a film production agency—serving as a vital voice in the region’s media landscape.
- Mr. Shaiq began his journey in 1995, founding an organization focused on the education sector. Over the decades, that vision has evolved into a dynamic media powerhouse committed to information, empowerment, and public service.
- In addition to his leadership at Shaiq Network, he serves as the Director of the Afghanistan Independent Media Association, a national body representing private radio and TV networks, especially in Afghanistan’s provinces.
- Throughout his career, Eng. Shaiq has contributed significantly to Afghan society across multiple sectors, including education, healthcare, infrastructure development, media, film production, social welfare, sports promotion, and the advancement of women’s roles in the country.
Shallah Shaiq is an Afghan journalist, women’s rights advocate, and social activist with more than 15 years of experience in media, women empowerment, and community development. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law (2017), a Journalism Certificate (2013), and a Project Management certification from Montgomery College. She is a VV Visionary and Aghaaz Fellow with Vital Voices and the Afghan-American Women’s Association (A-AWA).
Shallah co-founded the Shaiq Network home to Sharq Radio and Sharq TV and founded and Voice of Women Radio, which became influential platforms for advancing women’s rights and social justice in Afghanistan.
In 2009, she established the HEELA Organization to support women’s empowerment and survivors of gender-based violence. Through legal aid services, emergency support, training programs, and a 24/7 hotline, HEELA has responded to thousands of women in crisis. Separately, Shallah has led educational and vocational training programs that have reached over 21 000 students, including women and youth, in computer skills, English, journalism, and agriculture.
Now based in the United States, Shallah draws from both professional expertise and personal experience as a resettled Afghan woman to lead advocacy efforts that span across borders. Her work supports Afghan women both in the U.S. and in Afghanistan—focusing on economic integration, educational access, and assistance for survivors of gender-based violence. Through community programs and international partnerships, she continues to empower women navigating displacement, recovery, and opportunity.
Rooted in resilience and justice, Shallah continues to create inclusive spaces where women can lead, heal, and thrive across borders and generations.
- Henna shaiq who is multilingual has a bachelor’s of Political Science and Public Administration from the American University of Afghanistan and a minor in law. Currently, She is seeking JD in the United States. She has more than five years of experience in journalism, leadership, media, communications, and Marketing. she was recognized as a recipient of the Honor Award, worked for human rights and women’s equality through journalism, Collaborated with government officials as Vice President of the Political Science Club, Served as Afghan Youth Representative at the South Asian Youth Conference, Led conversation and published paper on transitional justice in collaboration with Leipzig University and worked with the NSC in the media and communication’s department.
- Marshall (Halima) has a bachelor’s degree in literature from Nangarhar University and has fourteen years of interesting experience in the field of journalism As a political broadcaster and curator, he worked as a professor of journalism and public relation at AL- Falah university also he worked acted as the head of the language department in the Wazir M- Gul khan high school he has received over 30 training in the field of media from domestic and foreign trainers and has received letters of appreciation from various quarters for his outstanding services in publishing.
- Rahmatullah Shaiq is the Afghan Parolee Community Coordinator for the APA program at HIAS. Before joining HIAS in November 2021, he was a project manager at Shaiq Network, leading multiple projects for the U.S Government in Afghanistan. These projects’ primary role was to create Civic engagement with the government through Media and roundtable programs. Prior to that, he was a public relations officer and the Social Media Manager at Shaiq Network. In Addition, he has worked as an IT manager for a Radio network in Kabul, Afghanistan. Alongside his career, he worked with a nonprofit organization and helped provide aid to newly arrived immigrants with shelter, housing, and other resources. Mr. Shaiq has also organized multiple tournaments with the primary message being peace in Afghanistan by hosting a Cricket tournament for the youth and a football tournament. Mr. Shaiq was a student at the American University of Afghanistan and has transferred to The University of Maryland to pursue his bachelor’s in Business Administration. Outside of his job, Mr. Shaiq is creating programs in Afghanistan to highlight the daily struggles of the Afghan population online.’
currently the managing director of Nargi’s radio which is special for women as he has done and has been doing professional and journalistic work in the related field. Mr. Rahmani has published articles, analyzes, reports, and literary articles in a variety of journals in eastern Afghanistan including Sharq Magazine. 1. Narcissus Breaths This one is his first published work. This identity has been collected and written by Shafiqullah Rahmani and it was published by Nargi’s radio in the year 1391 in Nangarhar. This identity represents the biographies and poetics examples of 62 female poets from the eastern regions of present Afghanistan. The number of pages is 174. The majority of these poets are born in the last decade (2001-2011) whose emotions are young and warm. This identity was published in 2,000 volumes in Kabul. 2. Journalism Guide This is also another unpublished work that discusses the foundations of journalism, genres, ethics, and various journalistic topics. 3. The History of Pashto Literature This textbook is an unpublished work that covers the Pashto language and literature from past to present. 4. You Were Disloyal This is an unpublished novel and its content covers different aspects of social life like love, hate, helplessness, and other problems of society. 5. Research It is also a textbook which is not been published yet. It contains the best topics on general research and literary research in particular. 6. Folklore and Children’s Literature This is a university textbook work that is being taught as a chapter but it’s ready to be printed. This work was also the subject of his master’s thesis. At the beginning of the book, folklore, folkloric, and children’s literature have been discussed. 7. Identity of Students’ Poets This literary identity contains the poetry of children who are studying in various schools. It was done with the collaboration of UNICEF, the Department of Education, and Sharq TV in Nangarhar. In addition to Mr. Rahmani’s above mentioned published and unpublished works and writings, daily writing is a journalistic genre, which is consisting headlines, news, reports, or different scripts for publications, but these journalistic writings are commonly no longer existed and get disappeared as soon as the broadcasts finish. Over the course of his 15-year career, he has written hundreds of scripts but when the broadcast has finished, they have vanished. Mr. Rahmani writes when it is needed and he is very interested to write. But in the least deal of time, he has the ability and interest to write political, literary, and social topics but owing to lack of time, he only writes the necessary topics related to his own affairs.