Opinions
Farkhunda’s Sisters – Recasting the Social Narratives of Afghan Women
In March 2015, twenty-seven-year-old Farkhunda Malikzada was horrifically murdered by an angry mob in front of the Shah-Do-Shamshira mosque in downtown Kabul. She was falsely accused of burning the Quran. The response to the cruel murder took on a life of its own, as a video of it went vira...
Ambassador Kai Eide's speech at the 6th Herat Security Dialogue
First of all, I would like to express my gratitude and admiration to Dr. Moradian for organizing this conference again here in Herat. Over a very few years, this conference has become an important arena for discussions – not only of Afghan affairs, but of wider problems...
Harnessing Madrasas as an Institution for Change in Afghanistan
Nafay Choudhury
By and large, the madrasa remains the most widespread educational institution in Afghanistan, providing instruction to pupils throughout the country, even in remote areas where the government has little or no presence. While a number of ma...
Multi-centered Foreign Policy for Afghanistan
Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta
Former Afghanistan's National Security Adviser
The foreign policy, In other words, is an approach by which a nation enjoying organized national sovereignty under the framework of a state, recognizes and defends its interests against other cou...
Factors of Foreign Policy
Amrullah Saleh
Former Director General of National Directorate of Security (NDS)
I would like to thank the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) for conducting the national dialogue on foreign security. In the timesof neglect that Afghanistan is facing, such init...
