Talk by Obaidullah Baheer, Visiting Fellow, LSE & PhD Fellow at New School, USA on The Impact of Empire on Afghanistan's long and short history

Cambridge Central Asia Forum invites you to a talk by

Obaidullah Baheer, Visiting Fellow, LSE & PhD Fellow at New School, USA

on

The Impact of Empire on Afghanistan's long and short history

Date: 8 November

Time: 11am

Venue: S1, Alison Richard Building

Zoom registration link: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pc-ygrDssHNYlARR1yMaSAyk9A86o8ypL

Everyone is welcome.

Bio: Obaidullah Baheer is a visiting fellow at the South Asia Centre at LSE. He is also pursuing his PhD at the New School in New York where he focuses on Islamic governance and Afghanistan. Mr. Baheer is an adjunct lecturer at the American University of Afghanistan as well.

Abstract: This talk sheds light on Afghanistan in the context of history and how the Afghan sultanates evolved and how there was a long period between the third Afghan sultanate and the emergence of the Durrani Empire during which Afghanistan’s territory was ruled by Afghans who submitted to the Safavid and Mughal Empires. The non-acceptance of the Durand line has been a cause of turbulent relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan as well. The designation of Afghanistan as the "graveyard of empires" may hold some validity. However, it is imperative to recognize that, throughout its extensive history, Afghanistan and its geography have often fallen victim to various empires.