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Launch of the Farsi Translation of the Book Taliban Narratives

2019-07-04

On July 4, 2019, the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) organized the launching ceremony for the Farsi translation of the book "Taliban Narratives: The Use and Power of Stories in the Afghanistan Conflict” authored by Professor Thomas H. Johnson, non-resident senior fellow at AISS and professor at the Naval Postgraduate School. The book is translated into Farsi language by Ferdaws Kawish, deputy

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Launch Ceremony of Collection of Essays of Herat School of Security-I

2019-06-29

Today, AISS launched the first series of essays of the first International Symposium of Herat School of Security in its Herat regional office. Distinguished government officials, members of civil society, experts, academia and media participated in the event.
Zalmay Mallyar, lecturer at Herat University, Dr. Mohammad Arif Fasihy, also university lecturer, were the speakers of the event, with moderation by jour

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US Diplomats Visited AISS

2019-06-27

On Thursday 27 June 2019, Ms. Karen Decker, Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy along other U.S. Embassy Officials visited the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) and met with the Director General, and researchers of AISS. During this meeting, both sides discussed U.S. efforts in the Afghan Peace Process, the prospects of an intra-Afghan dialogue and recent political and security developments in the c

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AISS Concluded Herat School of Security II

2019-06-21

Today, the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies concluded the second day of the second International Symposium of Herat School of Security. Prominent Afghan scholars, academics, former and current government officials, members of civil society and media representatives participated in the second and final day of the event.
The panels today discussed how to tackle extremism in today’s world with focus o

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Herat School of Security-II

2019-06-20

On Thursday, June 20, 2019, the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies organized the second International symposium of “Herat School of Security”. Prominent Afghan scholars, academics, former and current government officials, members of civil society and media representatives participated in the first day of the event.
The event started with performance of Sufi Music, followed by a w

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