AUAF and institutions like it are at the forefront of the war on terror, fighting theoretical foundations of extremism.


Moh Sayed Madadi is an alumnus of the American University of Afghanistan, now a graduate student at Stanford University's Ford Dorsey Program in Inter... national Policy Studies. He was previously a Fulbright Graduate Scholar at New York University and a Hurford Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy.
AUAF and institutions like it are at the forefront of the war on terror, fighting theoretical foundations of extremism.

Aid workers fear long-term impact of violent trauma on young boys recruited as combatants by both sides in Afghanistan.
![Pro-government forces also have been responsible for directly harming children in this lengthy conflict [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/201493135814376734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
After allegations of widespread fraud, Afghan runoff poll has split emerging fragile democracy between two contenders.
![Afghan Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has requested UN intervention in the vote count [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/201463012460962734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Politicians are putting aside ancient rivalries to form political teams that reflect the country’s diversity.
![Mushtaq Sadat said his vote will be determined not by his ethnicity [Moh. Sayed Madadi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/201461383914116580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)