Work on Pakistan and Afghanistan examines the current conflict and assesses the issue of Islamic radicalisation in both countries.

Political instability in Pakistan, and the policies of the West towards Pakistan, remains a key research interest for the Asia Programme.

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Stabilizing Afghanistan & Pakistan

Afghanistan and Pakistan: Gaining a Grip
The World Today, Gareth Price, July 2010

Conceptualizing AfPak: The Prospects and Perils
Programme Paper, Ayesha R Khan, January 2010

Afghanistan and Pakistan: Obama's Quagmire
The World Today, Prem Shankar Jha, June 2009

US Policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Antidote to Insurgency
The World Today, Ayesha Khan, January 2009

Pakistan and Afghanistan: Between Bullet and Ballot
The World Today, Ayesha Khan, April 2008

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: A Risky Transition
Asia Comment, November 2011
Ayesha Khan, Associate Fellow, Asia Programme

NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan: Enabling Security Transition
Transcript, April 2011
Lt General William B, Caldwell, Commander, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan

No Shortcut to Stability: Justice, Politics and Insurgency in Afghanistan
Programme Report, Stephen Carter and Kate Clark, December 2010

Has the Taliban Won the War in Afghanistan?
Transcript, September 2010
Peter W Galbraith, former UN Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan; Lt General Sir Graeme Lamb, former advisor to General Stanley McChrystal; Mariam Abou Zahab, Researcher, Science Po, Paris

2010: Afghan Sovereignty and International Partnerships
Transcript, May 2010
Ambassador Mark Sedwill, NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan

Understanding the Helmand Campaign: British Military Operations in Afghanistan
International Affairs, Anthony King, March 2010

Understanding the Taliban
Transcript, February 2010
Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn, Editors, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, My Life with the Taliban

Afghanistan: It's About Development, Stupid
The World Today, Joseph Ingram And Claire Lockhart, February 2010

Afghanistan: Perfect Paralysis
The World Today, Prem Shankar Jha, January 2010

Obama Troop Surge 'Anti-climax'
Expert Comment, Ayesha Khan, December 2009

Is it Time to Negotiate with the Taliban?
Expert Comment, Gareth Price, September 2009

More Troops, Same Strategy, Same Afghan Government
Expert Comment, Gareth Price, July 2009

Righting the Course? Humanitarian Intervention, the 'War on Terror' and the Future of Afghanistan
International Affairs, Fatima Ayub And Sari Kouvo, July 2008

Afghanistan - Drugs: Hard Habit to Break
The World Today, Joanna Shayer, April 2008

Events have also been held on Afghanistan with speakers including Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, General Ehsan Ul Haq, former Joint Chiefs of Staff Pakistan Army (2004-1007) and former Director General Inter Services Intelligence (IS) (2001-2004), HE M Ibrahim Adel, Minister of Mines and Industries, Afghanistan, and Ambassador Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, US State Department.

Pakistan

Personal View: Anatol Lieven on Imran Khan
The World Today, Anatol Lieven, February 2012

Pakistan: All-Weather Friendship?
The World Today, Rosheen Kabraji, December 2011

Pakistan: A Tough Way To Do Business
The World Today, Shashank Joshi, December 2011

Pakistan: Educating for Tolerance
The World Today, Rosheen Kabraji, April 2011

Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws: What they Mean and Why they Matter
Transcript, February 2011
Ziauddin Sardar & Farzana Shaikh

Pakistan and its Crises: A Journalist's View
Transcript, October 2010

Pakistan: In the Eye of the Storm
Expert Comment, Farzana Shaikh, August 2010

The Man who Really Matters in Pakistan
The Independent, Farzana Shaikh, August 2010

Pakistan's Security Challenges
Transcript, February 2010
General (Retired) Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan (2001-2008)

What Next for Pakistan?
Expert Comment, Farzana Shaikh, February 2010

Pakistan's Fight is Only Just Beginning
The Independent, Farzana Shaikh, October 2009

Contact

For more information please Rosheen Kabraji.