Amina Khan
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...
Issue Brief on “Taliban-US Peace Deal: An Appraisal”
After nearly two decades of protracted war, bloodshed and all the baggage that war carries, the US and the Afghan Taliban finally signed a...
Issue Brief on “US-Taliban Talks: Hurdles in the Way of Peace”
July 2018 marked the beginning of the first official and direct US-Taliban talks in Doha, Qatar, igniting hopes for a peaceful settlement to end...
Issue Brief on “Elections in Afghanistan: An Uncertain Outcome”
On September 28, 2019, Afghanistan witnessed its fourth Presidential elections since the ouster of the Taliban in 2001. It was hoped that elections would...
Islamabad paper on “Extension of CPEC to Afghanistan: Pros and Cons”
Abstract
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the flagship project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that will cover a distance of 2700 km,connecting...
Report – In-House Meeting with “Ethiopian Delegation”
The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted an In-House Meeting on September 12, 2019, with a 9-member Ethiopian delegation headed by H.E. Ambassador...
Issue Brief on “Afghan Peace Talks at A Standstill – Yet Again”
On September 7, 2019, President Trump tweeted that a secret meeting with the Taliban, and a separate meeting between him and President Ghani at...
Issue Brief on “Afghanistan and Regional Connectivity”
After over three decades of conflict and over 92,000 casualties (32,000 civilians killed and 60,000 injured in the last decade, Afghanistan stands out as...
Report – Public Talk “Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan”
The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted President Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani for a Public Talk under its Distinguished...
Issue Brief on “Moscow and the Afghan Peace Process”
Moscow once again brought the Afghan Taliban and leading Afghan political figures on the same table to negotiate about the future of Afghanistan in...