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Background
There is a large and diverse community of Afghan-German and German-speaking Afghans in Kabul whose networking has not been coordinated in recent years. In response to a request from the network, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation office took over the coordination and revival of a Afghan-German Roundtable in 2019.
The Afghan-German Roundtable is a monthly, casual and informal meeting to maintain the Afghan-German community in Kabul and its connection to the German Embassy. Its purpose is to get to know each other and to exchange ideas on general topics of German-Afghan relations. Political topics are not in the foreground, but are not taboo either.
Format
When? Every 1st Thursday of the month
Where? KAS house in Kabul (currently on zoom)
The language at the Roundtable is German.
The meetings are informal and confidential.
Agenda
(Virtual) Roundtable in July 2020:
17:00 Uhr Start
- Welcome and introduction of the new deputy ambassador Gregory Bledjian
- Short introduction of the participants
- Wishes and concerns to the German Embassy / KAS
- COVID-19 situation in Kabul: among others medical and humanitarian situation; social handling of the pandemic; social and political discourses on the pandemic in Afghanistan
- Feedback on the format and continuation of the virtual Roundtables.
18:00 Uhr End
