Keynote Speech: Afghanistan-Pakistan After the American Exit

JUSTICE AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD

A SERIES OF LECTURES, FILMS, AND READINGS

KEYNOTE SPEECH: Afghanistan-Pakistan After the American Exit

A war-weary United States has already begun a gradual withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan with the expectation that it will be complete by 2014. It will leave behind new realities: a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan and a nuclear Pakistan embroiled in internal conflict.The future for Pakistan and Afghanistan is no clearer than it was when the United States first got involved in 2001. Renowned nuclear scientist Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy (Physics Department, Quaid-e-Azam University, Pakistan) will explore the current state of both culture and science in Muslim countries.