About
Afghanistan’s leading source of strategic research and policy analysis.
Kabul Center is the publisher of Afghanistan’s first English-language publication produced and directed by Afghans and targeted to the specialist following events in Afghanistan closely.
A Message from Kabul Center’s CEO and founder, Waliullah Rahmani
Kabul Center for Strategic Studies was founded by Afghans in 2007 and is dedicated to building democracy in Afghanistan. The Center’s goal is to erect a state that will
guarantee the rights and liberties of all Afghan citizens.
Afghans face the challenge of having to build a modern and just nation out of a country devastated by decades of foreign invasions, civil war and chaos.
Our foreign friends helped liberate us and helped us design the basic structure of a democratic governance but the only way Afghanistan will become a truly sustainable democratic state in its own right is to make sure that Afghans develop the necessary skills to manage the basic building blocks.
We at Kabul Center believe that the best way the international community can help us now is to help us develop our domestic capability. By employing Afghan researchers and consultants to formulate policies and develop strategies, you can help Afghans improve the skills they will need to have when the international
community goes home.
The sooner Afghans develop the expertise they need to run the country, the better it will be for everyone. Afghanistan should never again descend into the state of chaos it did in the 1990s, when Afghans were so frustrated by their situation that they actually welcomed a totalitarian regime in the hopes it would bring relief from the rule of warlords. We Afghans are the last people on Earth who want our nation to once again devolve back into being the official terrorist haven it became then.
Because we want to avoid that possibility we founded this Center.
Our Founders
Mr. Wailiullah Rahmani is the Founder and Chief Executive of Kabul Center for Strategic Studies. As a terrorism analyst based in Kabul, he has written for a variety of international publications on terrorism and other issues facing Afghanistan. He is also a terrorism analyst for Jamestown Foundation, an independent, non-partisan think tank based in Washington that focuses on global security threats.
Mr. Abdul Ghafoor Rahmani, the chairman of Nawid Rahmani Brothers Trading Company and Ali Hesarnai Logistics Ltd, is a cofounder of Kabul Center. In addition, Mr. Rahmani serves on the board of Kabul Chamber of Commerce and Industries. Previously, Mr. Rahmani owned and operated trading companies in Dubai, Iran, and Pakistan. These companies include the Al Fajar Al Moshriq, Al Jemi and Al Ebrathu Measea, a trading company with operations in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Iran, and Russia. Mr. Rahmani generously provided Kabul
Center with its initial operating budget.
