Mustafa studied MA in International Security Studies at Reading to enhance his understanding of contemporary global security issues and learn to analyse them critically.
Until the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban in August 2021, he worked as the Director General of Regional and International Affairs Commission at the High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan.
“The key mandate of the Regional and International Affairs Commission (RIAC) was to build and strengthen regional and international consensus, as well as promote further cooperation and coordination among Afghanistan’s regional and international partners in support of the Afghan peace process. I lead all the secretariat affairs including setting agenda, arranging the meetings, making talking points, providing advice and executing the meeting decisions in collaboration with different stakeholders including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of State for Peace of the Afghan government.”