Elyas Nawandish is an Afghanistan Observatory Scholar at New America. He has worked with the Kabul-based Etilaat Roz daily since 2014. He is currently the online chief editor of the paper. In this role, he supervises a team of 20 journalists, documenters, and reporters in coordination with other departments from the daily to ensure smooth and quality production. Prior to being promoted to this role, he served as news manager, investigative reporter, and text editor in the daily.