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Amina Khan


Director of the Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East & Africa (CAMEA)

Amina Khan is Director of  the Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East & Africa (CAMEA) at the Institute of Strategic Studies (ISSI), Islamabad, where she oversees research and advocacy-related work on all facets of CAMEA. Prior to this, she served as a Research Fellow and a Senior Research Fellow at the ISSI, focusing on Afghanistan and FATA. Over a period of more than 15 years, she has published extensively on Afghanistan, and has presented her research at multiple national and international forums. She is also the author of three edited books, The Covid Challenge and its Impact on the Middle East and Africa (2021) and the Evolving Situation in Afghanistan: International and Regional Perspectives (2022), Pakistan’s Strategic Frontiers (2023).

A recipient of OSI/FCO/Chevening Scholarship 2009-2010, Amina has a Masters degree in Democracy, Politics and Governance (DPG) from Royal Holloway University of London. She also has a Masters degree in Defense and Strategic Studies (DSS) from the Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad (2005). She has been a Visiting Fellow at the SWP Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik – German Institute for International and Security Affairs (2011). Currently she is pursuing her doctoral degree from Quaid-e-Azam University.

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Mail aminakhan@issi.org.pk

Issue Brief on “Interim Afghan Government in Power – Two Years On”

August 15, 2023, marked two years since the Taliban dispensation reassumed power in Afghanistan. Initially, there was lack of clarity regarding the Taliban's return...

Issue Brief on “Taliban in Power – A Year on”

On August 15, 2021, the world looked on with trepidation as the situation in Afghanistan reached a critical juncture with the Afghan Taliban assuming...

Issue Brief on “Elusive Peace: One year of the US-Taliban Peace Agreement”

The end of February 2021 marked one year of the US-Taliban peace agreement signed in February 2020 in Doha. This was the most recent major attempt...

Issue Brief “Imran Khan’s Visit to Kabul: An Assessment”

On November 19, 2020 Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan paid a long-awaited day-long visit to Afghanistan. The intent of the visit was to deepen...

Islamabad paper on “Afghan Peace Process: Future Prospects”

Abstract Since 2001, Afghan history has been beset by half-hearted attempts at achieving a peace agreement between the Afghan Taliban and Kabul. The year 2018...

Issue Brief on “Abdullah’s Visit to Pakistan: A New Path to Pak-Afghan Ties”

Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) paid a three-day official visit to Pakistan from September 28-30, 2020. The visit was...

Issue Brief on “Intra-Afghan Dialogue: Breaking The Ice”

After nearly nineteen years of bloodshed and instability in Afghanistan, there is now finally some concrete positive news. After months of uncertainty and waiting,...

Issue Brief on “Intra-Afghan Talks: A Ray of Hope”

Statements coming from Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, President Ashraf Ghani, and the Taliban indicate that the highly anticipated and much awaited intra-Afghan talks between the...

Reconciliation and Social Healing, Heela Najibullah, Springer, 2017, 232.

The book, Reconciliation and Social Healing, by Heela Najibullah is an analysis of past-Afghan reconciliation processes namely those in 1986 and 2010 but with...

Issue Brief on “Afghanistan and Covid-19: Opportunity for Afghans to Work Together?”

Like every other country in the world, Afghanistan has also been affected by the Corona virus also known as COVID-19. On March 22, Afghanistan...