[1] Hamed was trained as a physician, but he views his primary work as the promotion of freedom of expression.
[1][2] He has criticized the power of local warlords on the BBC's Dari service, to which he is a frequent contributor.
[1] Alarmed by the lawlessness of Afghanistan and the rise of the Taliban, he fled the country the following year and received political asylum in Denmark.
He then co-founded the press freedom organization "Association for the Defense of Afghan Writers' Rights", as well as a new magazine, Telaya, focused on social and political problems.
However, the assailant began to call for a friend to help, at which point Hamed released him and fled to a hospital.