AISS will organise its flagship Herat Security Dialogue-X (HSD-10) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
2022-10-07
The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) is pleased to announce that the 10th Herat Security Dialogue (HSD-X) will be held on 29-30 November, 2022 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. This year’s conference theme will be “Inclusive Political System: The Way forward”. As with the previous nine conferences, HSD-X will bring together representatives of Afghanistan’s key domestic, regional and global
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Online Roundtable Discussion to Study Qatar’s Role in US-Taliban Negotiations: From Neutral Mediation to Facilitating the Taliban’s Return
2022-09-28
On September 28 2022, the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies held an online roundtable discussion to study “Qatar’s Role in US-Taliban Negotiations: From Neutral Mediation to Facilitating the Taliban’s Return”. Dr Nilofar Sakhi, Professor at George Washington University, Dr David Roberts, Professor at Kings College London, Abdullah Azad Khenjani, Former Deputy Minister at Ministry of Peace
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Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies and the University of Cambridge hosted a two-day conference titled Ahmed Shah Massoud: Afghanistan's Past, Present, and Future
2022-09-23
A group of think tanks and researchers in collaboration with the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies and the University of Cambridge hosted a two-day conference titled “Ahmed Shah Massoud: Afghanistan's Past, Present, and Future". During the event, scholars, researchers, and experts from different countries discussed, in seven panels, the structure and centralized political system of Afghanista
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Coordination, Reporting and Transparency of the International Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan: Critically Evaluating Role of the UN
2022-09-05
On September 05, 2022, The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies held a webinar on “Coordination, Reporting and Transparency of the International Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan: Critically Evaluating the Role of the UN”. The Webinar featured Dr. Orzala Nemat, Director of Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), Mohammad Yasin Samim, activist, and Executive Director, Assembly of Hazara Socia
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Roundtable Discussion: Afghanistan Betrayal; Redeeming Framework
2022-08-19
August 19, 2022
August 15, 2021 represents a national tragedy for many Afghans, an inglorious event for the US and its Western allies, a turning point for regional stability and global security and a victorious date for global militant Islamists. The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) held an in-person public discussion (two working panels) titled “Afghanistan Bet
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