Unpacking the Nexus: Taliban's Control over Affiliated Terror Groups
Ezzatollah Zarghami, the Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts &Tourism for the Islamic Republic of Iran Extends his message on the occasion of the Night of Herat event
2023: A Year in Review at the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS)
Do Not Let the Taliban Dictate the International Community’s Interlocutors
Michael Rubin
At the height of South Africa’s Apartheid regime, President Ronald Reagan did what no previous U.S. president dared do: He sent Edward Perkins to South Africa. Perkins was a senior ambassador, having previous served as ambassador to Liberia. Putting Perkins, an African-American, in Pretoria was a mo...
10th vol. of the AISS Mehr Brief "Jihadi Duel in the Afghan Public Sphere"
The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies, in collaboration with the University of Leipzig in Germany, has published its 10th Mehr Brief entitled "The Duel of Jihadists in the Public Sphere of Afghanistan: The Online War Between the ISKP and...
Farsi Translation of Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan
The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies launched the Farsi translation of Professor Karima Bennoune’s treatise on “Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan” in University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy in Toronto, Canada. Karima Bennoune is an international law expert...
An Inquiry into Taliban Theology: Deobandism with a Pashtunwali Flavor
Foreword
The resurgence of the Taliban to power in August 2021 plunged the world into profound shock and consternation. particularly the citizens of Afghanistan paid dearly for this horrifying occurrence, which left them with a bitter taste, enveloping them in widespread fear and indescribable horror. Many...
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The goals of 2nd Annual Global Friends of Afghanistan’s Conference in Washington
Davood Moradian, Director General of the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies, Interviewed by Afghanistan International TV
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