Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies-AISS

What would happen if the United States totally disengaged from Afghanistan?

Davood Moradian, director of the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies

Disengagement would result in the partition of the country into regions akin to “Somalia” and “Somaliland.” The Pashtun heartland will resemble the former and the central, northern and western regions the latter. In this scenario, Pakistan revives its strategic depth by creating a “Grand Waziristan,” comprising of Pashtun-dominated border regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Russia will consolidate its reign over Central Asian states. Should Afghan and regional players fail to manage this scenario, then the Pashtun heartland will revert to an Islamist, Sunni, Pashtun caliphate where attacks on the West could be launched.Click for more

Behind the front lines in the fight to ‘annihilate’ ISIS in Afghanistan

“In Nangahar, it is Pakistan’s game,” said Davood Moradian, director of the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies, referring to the province in which Achin is located. Pakistan has launched its own military operation against Islamist militants on its side of the Spin Ghar range, but Moradian was skeptical that they shared the goal of the group’s elimination.click for more

‘4th Afghanistan – Central Asia Dialogue’ aimed to improve regional cooperation in fight against terrorism

The 4th international conference of Afghanistan – Central Asia Dialogue was held Friday for two days in Bamyan with participation of representatives of more than 20 countries of the world. The conference, the main subject of which was ‘geopolitics relations and terrorism’, was organized by Afghanistan Strategic Studies Institute.

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