By Dr. Davood Moradian

February 07, 2017

Kabul has joined Moscow, Tel Aviv and a few other capitals in welcoming Donald Trump’s presidential administration. Although Trump has not yet elaborated on his policy towards Afghanistan, his harsh and blunt criticisms of Washington’s ills, of the opportunistic and duplicitous US all...

On Feb 2, 2017, the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) initiated a series of regular consultation, under the title of “National Dialogue) to bring together experts, officials, representatives from political parties, civil society and other stakeholders to discuss a number of key national issues. The first round of National Dialogue d...

January 25-26, 2017

The “Silk-Road and Transport Diplomacy” international conference organized by Allameh Tabataba’i University (ATU) in collaboration with the silk-road Universities Network (SUN) at the strategic city of Chabahar provided a unique opportunity for scholars from countries of the region to exchange views on the future p...

On 19th January 2017, the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) organized a roundtable under the title of “US-Afghanistan Relations under President Trump”. The panel was moderated by Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Haidari, Director-General of Policy & Strategy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan / AISS Research Fellow. The speakers of the pan...

Mr. Ibrahim Mamdouh Fouda, Deputy Head of Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Afghanistan visited the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies and held a meeting with Director General of AISS. During this meeting, the two sides exchanged views on ongoing political, security, economic and regional developments in the country and the prospects...