21
November 2019
Past Event
The India-Afghanistan Relationship: Examining Historical, Political, Economic, and Cultural Ties

The India-Afghanistan Relationship: Examining Historical, Political, Economic, and Cultural Ties

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
November 21, 2019
21
November 2019
Past Event

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

Speakers:
Ambassador HV Shringla

Indian Ambassador to the US

Ambassador R Rahmani

Afghan Ambassador to the US

Ambassador Nancy Jackson

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Afghanistan Affairs, Department of State

Davood Moradian

Director General, Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies

Samiullah Mahdi

Public Radio International

Javid Ahmad

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Vikram Singh

Senior Advisor, Asia Programs, United States Institute of Peace

Prakhar Sharma

Senior Researcher, International Republican Institute

Ambassador Omar Samad

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council South Asia Center

Bill Roggio

Senior Fellow, FDD

Sadanand Dhume

Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

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Aparna Pande

Research Fellow, India and South Asia

Ambassador Husain Haqqani

Director, South and Central Asia program, Hudson Institute

Ashok Malik

Policy Advisor, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

Read Ambassador Nancy Jackson's Remarks

Read Ambassador HV Shringla's Remarks

Read Ambassador Roya Rahmani's Remarks

Hudson Institute will host a conference to discuss the relationship between India and Afghanistan. Panelists will address the historic and strategic ties between the two countries as well as India-U.S.-Afghanistan relations. Though the region has long been a focus of American diplomatic, development, and military efforts for nearly two decades, the shared historical, political, cultural, economic ties between India and Afghanistan are neither known nor appreciated.

India has played a significant developmental role as Afghanistan’s largest regional bilateral donor. Since the fall of the Taliban, India has strengthened Afghan trade ties and provided more than $3 billion in reconstruction assistance.

Afghanistan offers India an important potential partnership in regional competition with Pakistan (and increasingly China) as well as a gateway to the energy-rich Central Asian nations. Panelists will discuss impact that these ties have and the future of the relationship.

**NOTE: This event is open to the press. All members of the media should RSVP to [email protected].**

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