THE SWEDISH COMMITTEE FOR AFGHANISTAN, SCA, is conducting a two day international conference on Afghanistan 8 – 9 November 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden. Afghanistan is a country devastated by 30 years of conflict, Soviet occupation; civil war, Taliban regime and US war on terror have all affected the lives of ordinary Afghans. Today the violence is escalating and war scenes are once again taking place in Afghanistan.

THE PROBLEMATIC SITUATION will be analysed from local, regional and global perspectives. Some of the world’s leading Afghanistan experts will give their view on driving forces, alliances, actors and the role of the neighboring countries and others. Progress, challenges and international development cooperation will also be discussed with prospects of the future.

The speakers are:

Jan Eliasson, former President of the United Nations General Assembly
Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies, the Center on International

Cooperation of New York

University
Ahmed Rashid, Journalist and author
Margareta Wahlström, Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian

Affairs, UN

Haneef Atmar, Minister of Education
Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for InternationalDevelopment Cooperation
Dr Abdullah, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Jawed Ludin, Afghanistan’s Ambassador in Norway

Aziz Rafiee, Director, Afghanistan

Civil Society Forum

Horia Mosadiq, Director, Human Rights

Research and Advocacy

Consortium

Michael Semple, Deputy to EU Special

Representative for

Afghanistan

Antonio Giustozzi, Research Officer, London School of Economics
Svante Cornell, Research Director, Silk

Road Studies

Ann Wilkens, Ambassador for Pakistan & Afghanistan
Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt, Deputy Director, Middle

East and North Africa

Department, Ministry of

Foreign Affairs