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Discussion on Twitter Space on the “Role of Western Media and Think Tanks in Taliban’s Ascendency”

2022-08-12

On August 12, 2022, Afghanistan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) hosted a panel discussion on Twitter Space on the “Role of Western Media and Think Tanks in Taliban’s Ascendency” with Dr. Mohammad Nazif Shahrani, Professor of Political Anthropology, Lynne O'Donnell, Journalist, and Dr. Omar Sharifi, Country director of American Institute of Afghanistan Studies. The panel was moderated by T

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AISS-UK Roundtable: Taliban’s Gender Apartheid "From Condemnation to Accountability"

2022-07-29

On July 29, 2022, Afghanistan Institute for Strategic Studies-AISS held its first hybrid roundtable discussion on Taliban’s Gender Apartheid at university of Sussex to  create an effective global alliance with representatives and key stakeholders for protection of Afghan women against Taliban’s gender apartheid regime and exploring the ways forward in the herculean task of holding the Taliban account

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Management of International Aid | Role of Afghani Diaspora Civil Society Under Taliban

2022-07-02

On 2 July 2022 AISS’s General Director, Dr. Davood Moradian participated at  Averroes Policy Forum which was held in Istanbul and offering a unique space for policy discussion and an excellent opportunity to network, explore synergies and start solid collaboration in working groups format.

  The forum articulated around three main axes :

  1. Mistrust in political parties in the Arab world. –
  2. Technologi

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Online Discussion on Twitter space on Taliban’s internal divisions; From Ummah-centered to intra-ethnic conflicts

2022-05-28

On 28 May 2022, Afghanistan Institute for Strategic Studies hosted an online discussion on Twitter space on the Taliban’s internal divisions and intra-ethnic conflicts its impact on the future of Afghanistan.

At this timely discussion, AISS brought together distinguished speakers, Dr. Vaida Mehran,
Professor at the University of Exeter, Bilal Sarwari, Freelance Journalist, and Haress Jibran, a security analyst.  The discuss

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Online Discussion on Twitter space on Afghanistan Refugees: Managing Mutual Expectations

2022-04-10

On April 10, 2022, the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies-AISS held an online discussion on Twitter space on 'Afghanistan Refugees: Managing Mutual Expectations'. Following a security incident in Mashahd where two Iranian scholars were killed by an unknown man, a wave of anti-Afghanistan Refugees has spread across Iran. The panel was moderated by Alan Veisi, Social Activist, with participation of speakers

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