27
August 2024
Past Event
Resisting the Taliban and Preparing for the Future of Afghanistan

Event will also air live on this page.

 

Inquiries: msnow@hudson.org

Resisting the Taliban and Preparing for the Future of Afghanistan

Past Event
Hudson Institute
August 27, 2024
Afghan girls gather near their house in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on August 19, 2024. (Photo by Mohammad Faisal Naweed/AFP via Getty Images)
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Afghan girls gather near their house in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on August 19, 2024. (Photo by Mohammad Faisal Naweed/AFP via Getty Images)
27
August 2024
Past Event

Event will also air live on this page.

 

Inquiries: msnow@hudson.org

Speakers:
Ahmad Massoud
Ahmad Massoud

Leader, National Resistance Front of Afghanistan

Ali_Maisam_Nazary
Ali Maisam Nazary

Head of Foreign Relations, National Resistance Front of Afghanistan

World in 2050 Senior Fellow, the Diplomatic Courier and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
Ambassador M. Ashraf Haidari

World in 2050 Senior Fellow, Diplomatic Courier and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service

coffey
Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Moderator:

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Three years ago, the Taliban returned to power in Kabul after America’s disastrous abandonment of Afghanistan. Since then, the situation in the country has deteriorated considerably. Afghanistan faces an acute humanitarian crisis and has once again become a haven for transnational terror groups, especially al-Qaeda. Additionally, the human rights of women and ethnic minority groups are under constant threat. 

Please join Hudson for an event with the leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, Ahmad Massoud. Following his virtual remarks, an in-person panel of experts will discuss the resistance against the Taliban and the future of Afghanistan.

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