AISS attended Tehran Regional Dialogue Forum
2020-01-08
Dr. Davood Moradian, Director General of the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), attended Tehran Regional Dialogue Forum organised by Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Institute for Political & International Studies (IPIS) in Tehran on January 7, 2020. H.E. Hamed Karzai, Former President of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, was special guest who reiterated its early call for closer cooperation betwe
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Roundtable Discussion on Assessing UN Activities in Afghanistan
2020-01-02
The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies held a roundtable discussion on ‘Assessing the UN Activities in Afghanistan’ in the past 40 years, particularly since 2001. The panel discussion was accompanied by Amb. Mahmoud Saikal, Former Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to United Nations, Toby Lanzer, Deputy Special Representative of UNAMA, Dr. Daoud Ali Najafi, former Minister of Transport, Dr. Abdul
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AISS hosted newly appointed Iranian Ambassador
2019-12-23
H.E. Dr. Bahador Aminian, Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran, visited and met Director General of Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS). During this visit both sides discussed current affairs and the Afghan peaceprocess. The two sides also discussed common historical and cultural Afghanistan-Iran ties, cooperation between the two countries and AISS activities in strengthening Afghan-Iran relationship. AIS
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Roundtable Discussion on RAND's Proposed Peace Agreement
2019-12-19
On Thursday, December 19, 2019, the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) organized a roundtable discussion on RAND’s proposal for "Envisioning a Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Afghanistan", a paper by Ms. Laurel E. Miller, published by RAND Corporation. The roundtable explored alternative agreement models for the Afghan Peace Process with a speech by Ms. Laurel E. Miller, former U.S. Speci
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AISS Representative Participated in the 3rd Central Asian Security Forum
2019-12-16
Hussain Ehsani, AISS Researcher, participated in the 3rd Security Forum of Expert Symposium on the Digital Dimensions of Violent Extremism in Central Asia held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on 12 -13 December 2019. Mr. Ehsani spoke about “The Use of Social Media by Extremist Groups for the Purpose of Recruitment and Propaganda, to Spread Fear and Violence”.
The purpose of this forum was to stimulate sol