Islamabad, September 28, 2025 – The Europe Today: Women for Afghanistan, WFA and the South Asian Strategic Stability Institute, (SASSI) University, as the organizers are happy to announce that the first Regional Dialogue titled “Towards Unity and Trust” and the Islamabad Process will be held on 29th -30th September in Islamabad, Pakistan.
The aim of this timely and important dialogue is, to promote an inclusive dialogue among diverse group of Afghan leaders (women and men) alongside Pakistani counterpart to foster inclusive dialogue, mutual understanding and lasting cooperation.
Dialogue & Process Format
Afghan-only Session:
A dedicated platform for Afghan leaders to engage openly, exchange perspectives and define shared principles for stability, rule of law, and reaffirming the support to women’s rights and inclusion.
Joint Pak-Afghan Session: Focused discussions aimed at building trust, identifying common ground and advancing a people-centric approach to address regional challenges.
Objectives
- Strengthen cooperation between Afghan and Pakistani leaders.
- Promote sustainable development, stability and peace rooted in
shared values. - Highlight the importance of women’s participation and inclusive governance.
- Encourage regional cooperation with a focus on economic development and trust-building.
The dialogue underscores a simple truth: peace between people leads to peace between nations.
By prioritising dialogue, inclusivity and cooperation, WFA and SASSI University believe this initiative can pave the way for stronger, more mutually beneficial relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, grounded in unity and trust.
In addition, to fostering a deeper understanding between the people of the two nations for a more sustained development and peace in the region. The commonality and the importance of the dialogue and the process stems from the need that Afghans must have the space to speak, engage and think together to promote their common values and interests for their country and their people.
The dialogue will also serve to identify common grounds for cooperation between Afghan leaders and their Pakistani counterparts for an engagement basis of developing people centric approach to find common solutions for regional challenges and to build trust and stability. We believe that a more people centric approach focussed on economic development and regional cooperation will lead to an enhanced and meaningful relationship between the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Peace between the people will lead to peace between nations to ultimately peace between countries paving the way for more cooperative and mutually beneficial and bilateral relationships based on trust and unity.
