21
December 2020
Past Event
Video Event | After the Taliban: Implications for India-Afghanistan Relations

Video Event | After the Taliban: Implications for India-Afghanistan Relations

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
December 21, 2020
21
December 2020
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
Ambassador Adela Raz

Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United Nations

Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya

Former Ambassador of India to Afghanistan and Senior Visiting Fellow at Center for Policy Research

Dr. Omar Sharifi

Assistant Professor, American University of Afghanistan and Kabul Director of American Institute of Afghanistan Studies

Prakhar Sharma

Senior Researcher, International Republican Institute

Dr. Aparna Pande

Director Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia, Hudson Institute

**__Please be advised: This event will premiere LIVE on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Monday, December 21.__**

India and Afghanistan enjoy deep cultural and historical ties. Their bilateral relations are forged by a shared commitment to build a democratic, secular and economically integrated Afghan state. Since the fall of the Taliban regime, India has provided more than $3 billion in reconstruction assistance to Afghanistan. India has also maintained its cautious optimism about accommodation of the Taliban in the Afghan political order. New Delhi and Kabul are closely watching the American military drawdown from Afghanistan and the ongoing peace talks with the Taliban. These developments are likely to not only affect the political order in Afghanistan but also pose concerns for regional stability.

To understand the stakes for the political leadership in both Kabul and New Delhi, Hudson Institute is hosting a panel discussion with Ambassador Adela Raz (Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the UN), Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya (former Ambassador of India to Afghanistan), Dr. Omar Sharifi (Director of American Institute of Afghanistan Studies), Dr. Aparna Pande (Director, Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia, Hudson Institute) and Prakhar Sharma (Senior Researcher, International Republican Institute).

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