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CEP Webinar: The Prospect For Peace In Afghanistan

(New York, N.Y./Berlin) – Ongoing negotiations between the Taliban
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with support from the international community offer the prospect for stability
in Afghanistan for the first time in nearly two decades. The talks could result
in a significant reduction of the Taliban’s large-scale insurgency since the
early 2000s. However, the country is still plagued by the operations of several
international terrorist groups, some of which belong to the global network of
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This 90-minute webinar will look at the current security situation in
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the current status of the various terror groups still active in the country as
well as questions on the impact a potential peace deal may have on the Taliban
movement as a whole. Will its leadership be able to keep the movement together
or will significant factions break away? How will the al-Qaeda and ISIS
affiliates operating in Afghanistan attempt to disrupt and derail the road to
stability?

 

In order to explore these issues, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is
honored to welcome two of the most pertinent experts on this subject to the
event:

 

Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown, the coordinator of the ISIL, Al-Qaida and
Taliban Monitoring Team of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and 
Dr. Ellinor Zeino, the country representative of the German Konrad Adenauer
Foundation (KAS) in Kabul.

 

The event will be held in English via Zoom on the Friday, October 16, 2020 at
9:00 a.m. EDT / 15:00 CEST / 17:30 AFT

 

The agenda is as follows:

 

Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director, CEP

Opening remarks and moderator

 

Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown, coordinator, ISIL, al-Qaida and Taliban
Monitoring Team, UNSC

The current threat landscape in Afghanistan: international terror networks and
the Taliban

 

Dr. Ellinor Zeino, country representative, Konrad Adenauer Foundation,
Afghanistan

A view from the ground: current threat landscape in the capital

 

Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the issues with the speakers
following their respective presentations in a Q&A segment. Please feel free to
share this invitation with your colleagues and contacts.



If you would like to take part in the webinar, please register via this link:

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