Akbar Shahid Ahmed is a senior diplomatic correspondent based in Washington, D.C., for HuffPost, where he covers U.
S. foreign policy. With over a decade of experience, he is recognized for his reporting, having received the 2025 Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Writing in Digital News and a 2025 New York Press Club Award.
He was also a 2024 finalist for the Livingston Award, a significant honor in American journalism for reporters under 35.