On December 8, 2016, the Afghanistan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) organized a speech by Mr. Arian Sharifi, director of Strategic Threat Assessment at Afghanistan’s Office of the National Security Council.  The main topic of the lecture was “The Strategic Choice of Violence in Islamist Groups “.  In this presentation Mr. Sharifi demons...

The first round of “Afghanistan-Iran Cultural Dialogue”, organized jointly by the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) and Allameh Tabataba’i University (ATU) on December 4-5, 2016 in Tehran, Iran. A group of ten members of Afghan delegation, led by former information and culture minister, Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen attended the dialogu...

The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) signed a memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with the Regional Studies Research Institute (RSRI) of Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), based in Tehran.

The agreement provides a framework for the two institutes’ bilateral cooperation in the areas of joint research, publications, conferences...

Diplomats from the US embassy in Kabul, paid a visit to the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) and held a meeting with Director General of AISS. At the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on ongoing political, security, economic and regional developments and the prospects of further strengthening Afghanistan and America bilateral...

Roundtable on “Assessment of the Results of US Election for Afghanistan”

On November 17, 2016, the Afghanistan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) organized a roundtable on “Assessment of the results of US election for Afghanistan”. The program hosted by participation of special guest, Mr. David Sydney, acting president of American...