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White Taliban: Inverted Orientalism; Useful Idiots & Great Game
The Taliban's ascendency to power was made possible by their ability to establish a wide-ranging coalition, who shared Taliban's ideological, political, ethnic and strategic objectives one way or the other. While the Taliban's allies and enablers among their traditional circles (local, ethnic, religious, regional) are well-known, the role of Western apologists/advocates/lobbyists is not widely recognised or understood.
These western advocates p...
Afghan-British: Academics’ and Professionals’ Forum-I
Date and time: Thursday 7th September (10:00- 17:00), University of Sussex.
Afghans have been migrating to the UK in greater numbers since the 1990s. Recent estimates suggest that Afghan-born migrants in the UK number almost 80,000. Although there is now a growing and vibrant Afghan community in the country research on the community is limited. This makes it hard to know how this relatively new migrant community has adjusted to life in the UK, as well as the issues...
Book Launch “Afghan Napoleon: The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud”
As part of its ongoing publication and translation series, the Afghan Institute of Strategic Studies will launch the translation of the book “Afghan Napoleon” written by renowned British journalist, Sandy Gall and translated by Zubair Sohail.
Ahmad Shah Massoud resisted the Soviets during the 80s and then The Taliban and Al Qaeda in the 90s until his assassination on September 9, 2001. Gall, first met Massoud in 1982, when he was a young guerrilla commander fighting the...
International Conference Reimagining Afghanistan: Ways Forward
On the eve of the second anniversary of the Taliban's return to power, Afghanistan remains stuck in a deepening humanitarian crisis. This includes the Taliban's entrenchment, stalled intra-Afghan dialogue, growing security threats, and exhausted diplomatic efforts. While the Russian invasion of Ukraine has overshadowed Afghanistan in Western capitals, the Afghan conflict is far from being subdued. There have been different approaches and prescriptions to address Afghanistan's...
Avicenna International Award For Intercultural Cooperation For Peace-IV
The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) is pleased to announce the Winner of Avicenna’s Peace Award. This year’s winners (4th round) are Jewish Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) for their important role in establishing humanitarian corridors for the safe evacuation of those at risk during the 2021 Afghanistan evacuation, alongside organisations working with local communities, charitable organisations and other groups that assisted in the re...
The Taliban Conundrum: What's next for the EU in Afghanistan?
The Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in August 2021, almost 20 years after they were ousted by NATO forces. Since then, their draconian policies of the 1990s have returned.
Today, women in #Afghanistan are no longer allowed to work or pursue university degrees. Girls cannot continue into secondary education past sixth grade.
Moreover, China and Pakistan are now seeking to establish strategic economic relations with the #Taliban, and other c...
Book Launching Messengers Under the Hum of Bullets
Book Launching Messengers Under the Hum of Bullets
“The Position of Contemporary Islamic Group on International Organization”
Date: Friday, May 26, 2023
Time: 17:00 - 19:00 EST
Address: 1101 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M6H 1M7
Immigration & Mental Health: The Psychological Consequences of Immigration & Remedies
Immigrants and refugees experience mental pressure/problems five times more often than other people in society. The factors that cause these problems are related to three stages of immigration life: the stage before immigration, the stage until immigrants reach the destination, and the stage after reaching the destination which includes (handlining the pressure of immigration cases process and integration in the new society and setting). Therefore, the psychological and mental health problems...
Fighting Cancer with Cancer: Demystifying Taliban’s ISIL-K drama
As a branch of the Middle East-based Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), ISIL-Khorasan (ISIL-K) emerged in late 2014 in southern and eastern Afghanistan. In the south, a disgruntled Taliban commander and former Guantanamo Bay detainee, Mullah Abdul Raoof Khadim, swore allegiance to ISIS, while in the east, six Pakistani Taliban commanders led by Hafiz Sayed Khan raised ISIS’s black flag. The group immediately came under heavy military attack by Afghan and Coalition forces, resulting...
LGBT Discourse in Afghanistan: Power; Identity & Equality
Link: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1mrGmkZXpgqxy
