Foreign Minister of Afghanistan to Speak at JHU SAIS

Abdullah Abdullah, foreign minister of Afghanistan, will speak at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) on Monday, 09/26 at 12:30 p.m.

His lecture topic will be "Afghanistan's Political Future: Challenges That Lie Ahead." Dr. Abdullah will be visiting Washington, D.C., a week after Afghanistan's historic parliamentary and local council elections.

Admittance to the lecture, hosted by the South Asia Studies Program at SAIS, is by invitation only. However, the event is open to the media for coverage. Audio of Dr. Abdullah's lecture will be available on the SAIS Web site.

The event will be held in the Kenney Auditorium of the Nitze Building, located at 1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., in Washington, D.C.

Members of the media who want to cover this event must contact Felisa Neuringer Klubes in the SAIS Public Affairs Office at 202.663.5626 or fklubes@jhu.edu.