{"id":20164,"date":"2026-04-15T08:51:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=20164"},"modified":"2026-04-15T08:51:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:51:45","slug":"international-institute-for-central-asia-sign-mou-with-center-for-strategic-studies-of-afghanistan-to-begin-joint-research-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/04\/15\/international-institute-for-central-asia-sign-mou-with-center-for-strategic-studies-of-afghanistan-to-begin-joint-research-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"International Institute for Central Asia, sign MoU with Center for Strategic Studies of Afghanistan to begin joint research cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The International Institute for Central Asia (IICA) and the Center for Strategic Studies of Afghanistan (CSS), affiliated with Afghanistan\u2019s Foreign Ministry, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to begin joint research cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement released Tuesday night, the agreement was signed by Javlon Vakhabov, head of the institute, and Abdulhai Qanit, director of the Afghan strategic studies center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vakhabov said the agreement creates new opportunities for joint research and strengthens collaboration between experts and researchers from both institutions. He noted that the protocol provides a framework for organizing joint academic events, conducting collaborative research projects, and regularly exchanging research findings and expert analyses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qanit described the agreement as a foundation for comprehensive and long-term cooperation between the two research bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both sides agreed to hold regular meetings focusing on regional security, trade and economic cooperation, transport and logistics, as well as water-related issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The International Institute for Central Asia, based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, is a research institution specializing in regional issues, including politics, security, economics, and regional cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The International Institute for Central Asia (IICA) and the Center for Strategic Studies of Afghanistan (CSS), affiliated with Afghanistan\u2019s Foreign Ministry, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to begin joint research cooperation. According to a statement released Tuesday night, the agreement was signed by Javlon Vakhabov, head of the institute, and Abdulhai Qanit, director [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20166,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20164\/revisions\/20166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}