About BARYA · Afghanistan's first PMI® ATP · ID 4181

Senior practitioners. Afghan realities. Since 2012.

Afghanistan's first PMI® Authorized Training Partner (ATP ID 4181, since 2015). Founded in Kabul in 2012, *we combine globally best practices with senior local judgment. Across thirteen years we have trained thousands of professionals and advised 200+ organizations — government, NGOs, UN agencies, and the private sector.

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By the numbers

A practice built on twelve years of work in Afghanistan yrs

Active since 2012

A snapshot of who we are, what we hold, and who we serve. Plain answers to the questions visitors and crawlers ask first.

Who we are
A leadership and strategic management consulting firm in Kabul — blending PMI-aligned frameworks with Afghan organizational reality.
Where we are
Headquartered in Kabul. Serving clients across Afghanistan and remotely worldwide.
Since
Training professionals and advising organizations in Afghanistan since 2012 — twelve years and counting.
Credentials
Afghanistan's first PMI® Authorized Training Partner (ATP ID 4181, since 2020 — formerly Registered Education Provider since 2015). Consultants certified in PMP®, PRINCE2, Prosci, and more.
Who we serve
Private companies, NGOs, international organizations, and government — from 10-person startups to 500+ employee enterprises.
Languages
English, Dari (دری), and Pashto (پښتو). Arabic available on request.

Our story

Fourteen years. One practice.

2012 — Today

A short timeline of how the firm grew into its shape. Each milestone reflects a deliberate shift, not a rebrand.

  1. Founded2012

    BARYA founded in Kabul

    Started as a small consulting practice helping Afghan organizations apply global management frameworks to local realities.

  2. Training2014

    First public training class

    Ran our first open-enrolment programme. Demand quickly outpaced bespoke client work, and training became a standing practice.

  3. Recognized2015

    PMI® Registered Education Provider

    Recognized by the Project Management Institute as a Registered Education Provider — formal alignment with PMI's standards and curricula.

  4. Authorized2020

    PMI® Authorized Training Partner (first in Afghanistan)

    Designated Afghanistan's first PMI® Authorized Training Partner (ATP ID 4181). PMP® training is now delivered using PMI-developed and PMI-licensed materials.

  5. Evidence2022

    M&E and research practice

    Stood up a dedicated monitoring, evaluation, and research practice to serve donor-funded programmes operating in Afghanistan.

  6. PresentToday

    Senior practitioners, 120+ organizations

    Working across UN agencies, INGOs, ministries, and the private sector — in Kabul and online — with a senior bench you actually meet.

How we work

BARYA Consulting Services consultants have years of experience working with public and private national and international organizations.

Four practical steps from first conversation to lasting change. Same people end-to-end. No silent handoffs.

  1. Listen first

    Every engagement starts with hearing the goal — not the assumption about the goal. We ask, we read the room, we sit with the constraints before proposing anything.

  2. Plan plainly

    We write the plan in plain language with milestones, owners, and trade-offs. If a slide needs jargon to look smart, we leave the slide out.

  3. Deliver with seniors

    Senior consultants lead delivery. You do not get sold by a partner and handed off to an analyst — the people who scope are the people who deliver.

  4. Embed the change

    We stay engaged through adoption. Insight without execution is entertainment, so we measure the difference the work made before we step out.

What we believe

Four beliefs that shape every engagement.

These are not posters on a wall — they are the trade-offs we make under pressure. When a client asks us to choose, this is what we choose.

  • Clarity over complexity

    A plan people can act on beats a plan that looks impressive. We optimize for the room that has to use it on Monday.

  • Context matters

    Global best practice only works when it fits local reality. We bring the framework, then we adapt it to where you actually work.

  • Follow-through is everything

    Insight without execution is entertainment. We stay engaged through adoption and measure the difference the work made.

  • Long-term trust

    We measure success by how long clients keep working with us. Repeat engagements are our scoreboard.

Founder's voice

Two decades at the intersection of strategy, leadership, and reform.

By the founder & CEO

A founder shaped not only by formal roles, but by close, hands-on engagement with decision-makers. During growth, crisis, reform, and institutional change.

Mr. Qudratullah Hiwadpal — CEO of BARYA Consulting Services

Mr. Qudratullah Hiwadpal

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

20+ years across government, private sector, and civil society

Mr. Qudratullah Hiwadpal is the Chief Executive Officer of BARYA Consulting Services. Over more than two decades, he has worked at the intersection of strategy, leadership, reform, and transformation — advising ministers and deputy ministers, boards, entrepreneurs, business owners, CEOs, senior executives, and leaders of large companies, NGOs, and public institutions.

His experience is shaped not only by formal roles, but by close, hands-on engagement with decision-makers during periods of growth, crisis, reform, and institutional change. This national and international exposure — across government, private sector, civil society, and international organizations — has given him a deep understanding of how leadership actually works in complex environments, where theory meets politics, culture, systems, and human behavior.

At BARYA he has trained and mentored thousands of professionals and worked with more than two hundred organizations on the design and implementation of their projects and strategies. Alongside this work, he writes at hiwadpal.com — a personal space for reflection, analysis, and informed opinion grounded in experience rather than slogans, and in thinking rather than trends. Most of the writing is published in Pashto, out of a belief that serious ideas deserve serious language.

Particular focus is given to

  • Leadership through Islamic, Eastern, and contextual lenses
  • Change and reform in fragile and transitioning systems
  • The human and ethical dimensions of power and responsibility
  • Technology and AI as forces shaping work, leadership, and society
  • Helping organizations break growth barriers and compete in international markets

Senior bench

The people you actually meet.

No silent handoffs

Engagements are led by senior practitioners—not by junior staff with a senior cover. Same people from first call to final review.

  • Mr. Saeed Ahmad Malakzai — Business intelligence analyst

    Mr. Saeed Ahmad

    Business

    Business intelligence analyst

    Business Intelligence Analyst and technology leader at BARYA, focused on turning complex data into strategic business insights and practical solutions. Brings over a decade of experience in MIS, analytics, software systems, and digital transformation, helping organizations improve performance through data-driven decision-making, automation, AI, and innovative technology adoption tailored to Afghanistan’s evolving market landscape.

  • Abdul Wahid Sahak

    Operations

    Mr. Sahak a professional with more than 10 years experience, brings extensive knowledge and know how in operations and finance to the team

Discovery call

Talk to us about your team

A 30-minute conversation with a senior consultant. No slides, no sales script — just an honest discussion about what you are trying to change and how we have helped others get there.

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  • Sharpen delivery and leadership across your projects, programmes, and people.
  • Build internal capability with training your teams will actually use, not shelve.
  • Get practical advice from a partner who has worked across UN, INGO, government, and private sector.