{"id":1330,"date":"2019-04-01T07:03:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T07:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caps.af\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2019-04-01T07:03:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T07:03:25","slug":"caps-briefs-the-american-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caps.af\/?p=1330","title":{"rendered":"CAPS briefs the American Embassy\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jun 06, 2009<\/strong>

On May 2, 2009, CAPS provided an introductory training presentation to U.S. Embassy staff. The team included Mr. Hekmat Karzai, Director of the centre, Dr. Gerard Chaliand, visiting fellow, Senior Research Analysts Dr. Najeeb Manalai, Hyder Akbar and Abdul Halim Achakzai. The training was attended by senior staff of the American Embassy and USAID, including the acting director of USAID and Deputy Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone, and Jr. Brigadier General John Nicholson, Deputy Commander of NATO forces in the South.<\/p>\n

Mr. Karzai started off a series of presentations by briefly introducing the CAPS team and the work that the research centre has done. He then presented an hour-long introduction to\u00a0Afghanistan\u00a0that offered a historical perspective of the country, \u201cHistory and Revolutions: tough terrain, tough history, tough people\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0Mr. Karzai talked about the foundation of\u00a0Afghanistan\u00a0as an independent entity, the various transformations the country went through and the lead-up to the Soviet Invasion. The presentation also looked at the various developments that occurred during the Afghan resistance to the Soviets with a close look at the formation of Al-Qaeda as an international terrorist organization and their roots in\u00a0Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

This was followed up with a presentation by Mr. Akbar on contemporary issues in\u00a0Afghanistan. His first presentation was about the Taliban movement, titled \u201cThe Taliban: Tactics, Ideology and Evolution\u201d. He presented on the Taliban regime\u2019s origins and the various conditions in\u00a0Afghanistan\u00a0that led to their initial development, including a look at their ideology and connections to the\u00a0madrassas<\/em>\u00a0in\u00a0Pakistan. He also introduced the evolution of the Taliban from a regime in power to an insurgency. In the end, Mr. Akbar highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of the Taliban as well as how to meet the challenges that\u00a0Afghanistan\u00a0is currently facing as a result of the insurgency. Mr. Akbar also presented on the important and critical region of\u00a0Afghanistan\u00a0in a presentation titled \u201cChallenges of Southern Afghanistan: Helmand,\u00a0Kandahar, Uruzgan\u201d which looked at the challenges of this critical region.<\/p>\n

Dr. Najeeb Manalai then presented an introduction to Afghan culture. The presentation included a look at\u00a0Afghanistan\u2019s diverse and multi-ethnic society as well the importance of the code of honor among the Afghans. Dr. Manalai also provided a briefing on the daily cultural aspects; the do\u2019s and don\u2019ts of Afghan culture that can help somebody who is not familiar with certain aspects of\u00a0Afghanistan\u00a0to navigate the country easily.<\/p>\n

Mr. Karzai then briefed on the insurgency and counter-insurgency in\u00a0Afghanistan. He focused on the various groups that are fighting against the Afghan government and the efforts to counter them. This was followed by remarks by Dr. Chaliand about counter-insurgency efforts at a broader level. Mr. Karzai ended the session by looking at suicide terrorism in\u00a0Afghanistanand presenting several case studies from\u00a0Afghanistan\u00a0that looked at the motivational factors and environments that produced suicide bombers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jun 06, 2009On May 2, 2009, CAPS provided an introductory training presentation to U.S. Embassy staff. The team included Mr. Hekmat Karzai, Director of the centre, Dr. Gerard Chaliand, visiting fellow, Senior Research Analysts Dr. Najeeb Manalai, Hyder Akbar and Abdul Halim Achakzai. The training was attended by senior staff of the American Embassy and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1331,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330\/revisions\/1331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}