Naweed Yousufi first started working with United States Government in Afghanistan as a Logistics Manager with Contrack International. He then began working as a freelance journalist in Afghanistan for Los Angeles-based Khorasan Television.
In 2005, he began working directly with the United Sates Army as an embedded journalist and intelligence researcher, as a part of that work, he also advised the U.S. Army on developing radio and television stations in Eastern Afghanistan. His work with the Army continued until 2017 at which time he left Afghanistan for the United States as a Special immigrant Visa holder.