Born in 1987, Asghar Noor Mohammadi grew up in Mazar-e Sharif province of Afghanistan.
He holds a BA in journalism from Balkh university – graduated in 2011. Asghar has worked as an intern at the Balkh University’s journalism faculty and attended a short-term journalism training program at NAI, supporting open media. He has worked as a journalist and photographer with local and foreign media organizations for six years, such as Radio Nehad, Pajhwak News Agency, Afghanistan Today, IWPR, INTERNEWS, 3rd Eye Photojournalism Institute.