On Thursday 22 February 2018 the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS); launched its recent research paper entitled “The Challenging Path towards Democracy in Afghanistan: An Assessment and Critique of National Debates on Alternative Political Systems in Afghanistan”. The purp...

The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) celebrated 577th Birthday of the well-known poet Amir Ali Sher Nawaie in Herat. A number of government officials, academia, civil society activists and journalists participated in the event. The head of Herat’s information and culture and universi...

Tuesday, February 13, 2018
The Ambassador of the EU Delegation to Afghanistan, Mr. Pierre Mayaudon, visited the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) and met with the Director General of AISS. During this meeting, both sides exchanged views on ongoing political, security, economic...

The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) is honored and welcomes Professor. Magnus Marsden as AISS Chief Academic Adviser, Professor Thomas H. Johnson as Non-Resident Senior Fellow, and Mr. Nafay Choudhury as Resident Research Fellow to its team member.

Professor Magnus Marsden...

On December 13, 2017, the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) organized the second round of "Herat and Politics". The second round of this meeting devoted to "Herat's Historical Position in Politics". This one-day meeting covered three panel discussions: 1) "Herat’s Political Life t...