On September 29, 2025, following the international conference “Jews and the Persianate World: Politics, Culture, and Historical Ties”, the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), in collaboration with Georgetown University’s Center for Jewish Civilization, and supported b...

Sandy Gall, the British journalist, author, and documentarian, died on Sunday at the age of 97. He began his career at a local Scottish newspaper nearly seventy years ago, later working with Reuters and ITN. But in the memory of the Afghan people, he is not remembered for his titles or career mil...

On the evening of Thursday, 26 June 2025, during the sixth ceremony of the Avicenna International Award for Intercultural Cooperation for Peace, Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania delivered a pre-recorded acceptance message that stood as both a statement of gratitude and a moral reckoning. In his...

The Sixth Avicenna International Award for Intercultural Cooperation for Peace was held on the evening of Thursday, 26 June 2025, at St John the Baptist Church in London. The ceremony opened with a video performance featuring Muslim, Christian, and Jewish artists singing together in the presence...

As part of its ongoing initiatives, the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) hosted a webinar titled “Civil Resistance Against the Taliban: Goals, Methods, and Challenges” on April 27, 2025. The panel featured Dr. Omar Sharifi, anthropologist and professor at the American Uni...