Abdul Wahid Gulrani

Dr. Abdul Wahid Gulrani is a political sociologist and a researcher from Afghanistan specializing in irregular warfare, migration, security, and post-conflict governance. He has held academic appointments at Herat University-Afghanistan, and is currently engaged in research and teaching at Georgetown University and The George Washington University. He also holds research affiliations with think tanks in Washington, DC. His work draws on extensive field experience and employs both qualitative and quantitative methods to examine the links between migration and forced displacement, governance failures, and violence in the context of asymmetric wars, with a particular focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is committed to producing policy-relevant research that bridges academic analysis and practical approaches to irregular warfare and security governance.