AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN, GOVERNMENT & THE WAY FORWARD
Monday 19 June | 2.30pm UK
[THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED.]
Roundtable to discuss how global powers may be able to engage, and engage with, the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan, and how it may determine the lives of Afghans in the country, and across the world.
Speaker: Obaidullah Baheer (@ObaidullaBaheer) is Lecturer at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul (currently pursuing his Doctoral Studies at The New School, New York), and a regular commentator on Afghanistan.
Panelists: (@AntonioGiustoz2) is Senior Research Fellow in Terrorism & Conflict at the Royal United Services Institute in London, and authornof several books on Afghanistan including (2018) and (2022); (@Orzala) is an Afghan academic, civil society activist and currently Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London; Mirwais Wardak is a development worker and researcher & has worked extensively with the aid community in Afghanistan, and is currently Managing Director at (PTRO) in Kabul.
Chair: Dr Martin Bayly (@mjbayly) is Assistant Professor in International Relations Theory at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, and author of (2016).
This is an in-person event, open to everyone but seats are limited. Please e-mail southasiacentre@lse.ac.uk if you would like to attend the event, and await confirmation. Places will be offered/confirmed strictly on a first-come first-served basis.
This event is in collaboration with the , London.
Image © Farid Ershad, Dasht-i Barchi, Kabul, 2020, .