10th Herat Security Dialogue (HSD- X) “Inclusive Political System: The Way forward” 29-30 November 2022 - Dushanbe, Tajikistan The Afghan conflict is becoming one of the world’s longest-running conflicts. The 1973 coup heralded five decades of unending political instability, regime change, foreign invasion, civil war, political oppression, and more importantly human suffusing. Afghanis...

9th Herat Security Dialogue (HSD- IX) “Afghanistan Peace Processes” 13-14 November 2020 The Herat Security Dialogue (HSD) is an annual international conference, held by the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS). It is attended by government officials, international organization delegates, legislators, academic experts, distinguished journalists, business delegates, media and civil society represe...

8th Herat Security Dialogue (HSD-VIII) “Afghanistan Settlement: Opportunities and Obstacles” 18-19 October 2019-Herat, Afghanistan   The Afghan conflict and the ensuing efforts to find a sustainable political settlement is reaching the inglorious 40th year anniversary in 2019. This tragic milestone has also been coincided with the 100th anniversary of Afghanistan...

7th Herat Security Dialogue (HSD-VII) "Crisis of Afghanistan: Causes & Solutions" 26-27 October 2018-Herat, Afghanistan The crisis of Afghanistan has become one of the longest wars in modern time, spanning four decades, involving multiple actors, causes and drivers. However, despite its length, there remain competing and conflicting understandings of the nature of the conflict among both Afghans and external parties. Corres...

6th Herat Security Dialogue (HSD-VI) The Future of Nation-States 13-14 October 2017-Herat, Afghanistan The institution of “nation-state” has been the leading model of political organization since 18th century. While primarily a European invention, it has become a universal model, though often reluctantly and externally-imposed in the case of non-European/Western communities. However, the massive socio-econ...