Djeyhoun Ostowar

Djeyhoun Ostowar is a part-time doctoral student at the War Studies Department of King's College London and a Senior Fellow of Humanity in Action. Ostowar holds an MPhil degree in International Relations from the University of Oxford and an Honours BA from University College Roosevelt.

Facing the challenge of elections in Afghanistan

War-torn Afghanistan does not possess a civil registry. It therefore lacks reliable statistics. Given widespread corruption, the absence of an identification system and the high security risk of voting, is mass-election fraud a necessary and acceptable price for peace?

By Djeyhoun Ostowar

/ 4 Apr 2014

Perspectives and prospects of negotiating with the Taliban

The negotiation of peace settlements with the Taliban remains an unpalatable solution to the problem of reconciliation. Power-sharing with the Taliban will effectively estrange Afghans from their leaders and possibly pave the way to civil war

By Yahya Massoud and Djeyhoun Ostowar

/ 12 Jan 2012