Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS)

Launch of the Experts Declaration on Gender Apartheid: Supporting Afghan Women Under Taliban Rule On 9/11 Anniversary, Will Washington Acknowledge How Zalmay Khalilzad Empowered the Taliban? A Quarter-Century After the Terror Attacks, America Still Possesses No Settled, Coherent Understanding of the Taliban On 13 August 2026, the “International Experts’ Declaration on Gender Apartheid and Its Destructive Consequences” was launched during an online event attended by experts in international law, women’s rights defenders, and Af... From Kabul to Queens: The Jews of Afghanistan and Their Move to the United States The official launch of the Persian translation of From Kabul to Queens: The Jews of Afghanistan and Their Move to the United States was held with the participation of Sara Y. Aharon, author and historian. Aharon is a scholar of social history and diaspora studies whose work focuses on col... 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...