Nov 21, 2007 On the invitation of Professor Joachim Krause, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Kiel, Germany, Mr. Hekmat Karzai Director of CAPS visited Germany on October 24th and 25th. Mr. Karzai held various meetings at the Federal Chancellery with senior officials, met with members of the German Parliament and engaged with academics from
Oct 26, 2007On the invitation of the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS), the Director of CAPS Mr. Hekmat Karzai visited the Hague, Netherlands on the 15th and 16th of October and participated in a critical debate about the developments in Afghanistan and the role of the international community. Related Article: Hekmat Karzai speaks in The Hague
Oct 06, 2007 2 October 2007 - The Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies (CAPS) hosted a team of Canadian journalist for a traditional Iftar. The six members team of journalist came from various parts of Canada: Louise Plante of Le Nouvelliste, Louis Tremblay of Le Quotidien, Lindsey Wiebe of Winnipeg Free Press, Michael Den Tandt of The Sun
Oct 04, 2007 On 30 September 2007, the Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies (CAPS) conducted a one day training session for key staff of Combined Security Transition Command- Afghanistan (CSTC-A) in Kabul at Camp Eggers. The course was attended by Major General Robert W. Cone commanding general of CSTC-A, his six one star generals
Oct 03, 2007 17 – 23 September 2007 – The Second NATO-Afghan Student Forum was held at the Sant’Anna School of Pisa - Italy from 17 to 20 September. This initiative was co-organized by the School Sant’Anna and NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division. The event involved a wide range of university students from Afghanistan, Central Asia
Oct 03, 2007 On the invitation of the Estonian Minister of Defence, Mr. Jürgen Ligi, Hekmat Karzai, Director of CAPS, participated in the Second Annual Baltic Conference on Defence, NATO in Afghanistan - Facing the shortfalls, measuring the success, in Tartu, Estonia, from 18th to 19th September 2007. The conference brought together participants from NATO, European Union, Academics, NGO representatives and Afghan Government officials. Some of the
Sep 23, 2007 The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) brought together over three hundred senior government officials, leading academics, researchers, and many of the Institute's influential members from around the world to discuss and address some of the world's most critical issues at the 5th IISS Global Strategic Review (GSR), in Geneva from 7-9
Jul 29, 2007 25 July, 2007 - At the invitation of Captain Dan Helmer, Director of Studies, and Nate Fick, author of “One Bullet Away”, the Director of CAPS Mr. Hekmat Karzai delivered a presentation to the students of Counterinsurgency Academy in Kabul. Over 100 students were in attendance: one half of which were Afghan National Police
Feb 12, 2019 By Dr Zubair Popalzai 12 February 2019 Overview: Much of Washington’s efforts since 2009 have been centered on how to bring America’s longest war in Afghanistan to an early end. President Barack Obama even set a deadline for military withdrawal in July 2011. Since then, violence has escalated and spread to relatively
By Hekmatullah Azamy July 2017 The author contributed this paper to first report of Central Asia Institute for Strategic Studies (CAISS)on "Current Challenges to Central Asia and Afghanistan: Towards a Better World”. Initiated by CAISS and supported by Representation of the Friedrich- Ebert-Stiftung in Kazakhstan, this project is aimed to introduce fresh ideas and perspectives,
