Prospects and Economic Priorities for a Durable Peace in Afghanistan
September 2020
This paper aims to examine economic prospects and challenges for a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan. In doing so, it explores the state of the economy and conflict, prospects for a political settlement, priori...
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Education and Politics: The Roots of Religious Radicalism in Afghanistan’s School Curricula
July 2020
"Education and Politics: The Roots of Religious Radicalism: In Afghanistan’s School" is a research paper by the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies. This research paper aims to deconstruct and analyze the ways that religious radicalism effects the Farsi-Dari curriculum in schools across Afghanistan by devising research methods and conducting field research on how education relates to politics in Afghanistan.
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Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand
April 2020
"General Assembly to Fight Coronavirus Crisis in Herat" which is recently established by Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) with more than 30 members held an online launching ceremony of the paper "Impact of Non-Pha...
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The 2019 Presidential Election, A Continuation of Processes and Results
March 2020
The purpose of this paper is to explicitly, objectively and systematically assess Afghanistan’s Presidential Election of 2019. This is the fifth in a series of election papers published since 2006 concerning all elect...
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Islamic State Wilayat Khorasan, Phoney Caliphate or Bona Fide Province?
March 2020
AISS launched its recent research paper titled “Islamic State Wilayat Khorasan: Phony Caliphate or Bona Fide Province?”. The research, therefore, specifically sets out to determine the extent to which Islamic State Wila...
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Political Settlement and Post-Conflict Order in Afghanistan People’s Views
January 2020
Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), launched its recent research paper titled “Political Settlement and Post-Conflict Order in Afghanistan People’s Views”. Distinguished politicians, diplomats, academics, c...
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Ethnic Groups and Distribution of Political Power in Afghanistan: Modifying or Changing of the Political System
December 2019
The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), launched its recent research paper titled “Ethnic Groups and Distribution of Political Power in Afghanistan: Modifying or Changing of the Political System”. Thi...
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Power, Inequality, and Local Land Conflict in Afghanistan: A Study of Kabul’s Peri-Urban Areas
July 2019
The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies launched the findings of its latest research “Power, Inequality, and Local Land Conflict in Afghanistan: A Study of Kabul’s Peri-Urban Areas" on Thursday 7th July 2019. The re...
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Religious Radicalism in the Higher Education of Afghanistan; Analysis of the political System of Islam Course and its Impact of the Students
April 2019
Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), launched its recent research paper titled “Religious Radicalism in the Higher Education of Afghanistan; Analysis of the political System of Islam Course and its Impact of the...
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Political Settlement of the Afghanistan Conflict: Divergent Models
March 2019
Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), launched its recent research paper titled “Political Settlement of the Afghanistan Conflict: Divergent Models”. This paper explores and analyses different possibili...
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