AISS News
A Cultural Convergence of Recognition: From the Ibn Sina Award to the Global Inscription of Kamal ul-Din Behzad’s School
Following UNESCO’s recent inscription of the School of Miniature Painting of Kamal al din Behzad on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies is republishing the report of the inaugural Ibn Sina Award for Cultural Cooperation for Peace. The ceremony was held on 24 September 2018 in the free Kabul, where Professor Michael Barry, distinguished scholar of Islamic and...
Dr. Davood Moradian’s Article on India, Afghanistan, and the Return of the Taliban
This article is part of the recently published volume by The Hindu, The Taliban in Afghanistan: Changing Attitudes of India and the World (E-book Edition, November 2025), appearing on pages 64 to 71 of the book
How did India lost Afghanistan?
In this contribution, Dr. Da...
Jews and the Persianate World: Politics, Culture, and Historical Ties
On September 29, 2025, the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), in partnership with Georgetown University’s Center for Jewish Civilization and supported by the Muslim American Leadership Alliance (MALA) and the American Sephardi Federation (ASF), convened the international confere...
Rumi Night in Washington
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...
The Death of Sandy Gall: The Voice Who Stood With a Wounded People
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...
Politics Rooted in Ethics: Edi Rama’s Message at the Avicenna Peace Award Ceremony
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...
