‌Book Launch and Review Kabul: Final Call: The True Story of the Withdrawal from Afghanistan By Laurie Bristow July 16, 2024 15:00-17:00 BST SOAS University, London, UK Please register as soon as possible, as seats are limited Moderator: Kate Clark Co-Director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network. Speakers: L...

The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) will hold the fifth round of the "Avicenna International Award for Intercultural Cooperation for Peace-V" on June 28, 2024, in London, UK. For additional information about the event, including registration please get in touch with the AISS communication team. Contact@aissonline.org | WhatsApp: +447733854040  

Webinar: The LGBTQ+ Community in Afghanistan & Iran Sunday,  June 23, 2024 16:00 – 17:30 BST | 11:00 – 12:30 EDT  |19:30 – 21:00 Kabul Time

On May 26, 2024, the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies hosted an Xspace with prominent experts from Iran and Afghanistan. In this virtual roundtable - titled "Raisi's death and the competition for Iran's future leadership." - Ms. Mahdieh Golroo, a political analyst and feminist, Dr. Sardar Mohammad Rahimi, a geopolitics researcher at the University of Paris, Dr. Shahram Kholdi, a professor of history and international relations, and Mehrdad Farahmand, an expert on Middl...

Join AISS on Sunday, May 12th, 2024, at 11:00 AM EST—7:30 PM Kabul time for an essential X-Space discussion on "Tolo TV: From Democratic Platform to Taliban's Mouthpiece," hosted by Ms. Frozan Azimi. The discussion will feature esteemed panellists Ms. Humairi Saqib, a journalist; Sidiqullah Tawhidi, a writer and journalist; Bahar Mehr, a writer and political activist; and Javid Hamdard, a political analyst.

X Space Dimensions of Psychological Warfare of Taliban & ISIS Groups Sunday,  April 07, 2024, 16:00 – 17:30 GMT | 11:00 – 12:30 EDT | 19:30 – 21:00 Kabul Time X Space Link: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OyJAWrzEPOKb    

Venue: Imperial College Business School South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Rd, London SW7 2AZ. Room LTUG.  

Radio Nowruz and the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies, in cooperation with other cultural organizations, will commemorate the ancient festival of Nowruz, Persian New Year. As one of the representatives of Nowruzistan region, we will host the fourth international Nowruz Diplomacy Conference at the Koushk Art Garden, Tehran. We will decorate the Haft Sin table and Haft Mewa, traditional Afghanistan music and special Afghanistan handicrafts. Note: Participation in this program is...

X Space Taliban: Deobandism and Ethnic Dimension Sunday, March 3, 2024, 16:00 – 18:00 GMT | 11:00 – 13:00 EST  20:30 – 22:30 Kabul Time

Join our webinar for a discussion on the aftermath of the UN Doha Conference on Afghanistan. Despite the absence of the Taliban, representatives from 25 countries, along with the EU, OIC, and SCO, convened to explore the path forward. However, consensus among global and regional powers remained elusive. The key questions: - Transitioning from a Taliban-centric to an Afghanistan-centric approach - Balancing geopolitical interests for a lasting political settlement - Uni...