Live Video Series from Kabul: Perspectives on the Afghan-US Strategic Partnership

What: Live Video Series from Kabul: Perspectives on the Afghan-US Strategic Partnership

When:Wednesday, June 5^th at 10am EDT (US)/6:30pm AFT (Kabul)

Where:Live online video facilitated by Google Hangout, streamed to YouTube. See also: http://bit.ly/AfghanSecurity

Details:

How do Afghans feel about the Strategic Partnership and how do they articulate their own security needs and interests?

Broadcast live from Kabul, Washington DC, and Philadelphia, this conversation will address security issues from an Afghan perspective, with:

Sami Sadat, Director of Strategic Communications at Afghanistan’s High Peace Council

Abdul Waheed Wafa, Executive Director of the Afghan Center at Kabul University

Mohammad Hamid Saboory, Master’s degree consultant to Kardan University in Kabul

Matthew Southworth, Foreign Policy Legislative Associate for the Friend’s Committee on National Legislation

Moderated by Peter Lems, Program Director of Education and Advocacy for Iraq and Afghanistan at the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)

A strategic partnership is right now being negotiated between the governments of Afghanistan and the United States. At stake will be the number and type of U.S. forces after 2014, whether those forces will have immunity from Afghan law, what type of access they have to bases in the country, and the focus of financial assistance the U.S. will provide in the future.

These are fundamental questions for Afghans, and will dramatically affect their future and their country’s stability and development.

Because the US involvement is overwhelmingly military, we rarely hear about the goals of Afghan civil society and the type of relationship they would like to see with the U.S.

Join us for an on-going series of conversations looking at the key issues for Afghans. This dialogue will include what security looks like for Afghans, the regional dynamics of an on-going US presence, the need for assistance that supports civil society initiatives, and the broader question of accountability.

Presented by:

Boston, MA                Kabul, Afghanistan       Philadelphia, PA

Contact:

For interviews, inquiries or more information, call Michael Sheridan 617-834-7206 or email michael@csfilm.org. Interviews with participants also available.

To submit questions for discussion subjects, contact Peter Lems at plems@afsc.org.