23 May 2019
Mediothek Afghanistan organized the first seminar of a long series of seminars on Afghanistan and Pakistan’s history and politics. The series of seminars and subsequent follow-up SWOT Analysis, dialogue with political decision-makers, outreach workshops, peace festival and several other programs and events including modern skills acquisition trainings are organized in the framework of the Afghan-Pakistani Youth Ambassadors for Peace initiative in the course of 2019.
The first “Seminar on History and Politics” officially launched on 20 May 2019 in Kabul and more than 30 young activists including university students, civil society activists, young journalists and representative’s youth groups from across several provinces participated in the seminar.
The seminar opened with a welcoming remark by Hamidullah Zazai, Mediothek Afghanistan Coordinator, in laying out the objectives of the Afghan-Pakistan Youth Ambassadors for Peace initiative and its various components in 2019 including the “Seminars on History and Politics.”, Mr. Zazai elaborated that in the context of the Afghan-Pakistan Youth Ambassadors for Peace initiative in 2019, Mediothek is planning to conduct a series of seminars and training workshops, peace festivals and other events in Afghanistan and Pakistan and this is the first seminars organized in Kabul and it will be followed by a similar seminal in Islamabad.
Mr. Zazai explained “following a series of advanced training in mediation, negation and leadership skills in the context Youth Peace Ambassadors in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan in 2018, Mediothek Afghanistan is planning to conduct a series of seminars on the history and politics of Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2019, bringing youth activists from across both countries together to learn about the history and politics of each other and work together to improve mutual relations through learning and research”
The seminar on history and politics continued for three days bringing. Renowned experts, university lecturers, academics, lawmakers and policy-makers from academic institutions (governmental and non-governmental) were invited to lecture and help the participants learn about the history, politics, culture, society, traditions, and geography of Pakistan. Participants of an upcoming seminar in Pakistan will learn about the history and politics of Afghanistan.
The aim is to provide an open platform for young academics, civil society activists and students in Afghanistan and Pakistan to engage in constructive dialogue, learning and sharing of experiences and work together for a prosperous and peaceful region, a region where dialogue, reason and mutual cooperation prevails.
The Afghan-Pakistani Youth Ambassadors for Peace initiative is funded by the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany
