On August 26 at 11:00 a.m. MSK (GMT+3), the Valdai Discussion Club held an online conference in partnership with the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (ISRS), titled "Opportunities for Russia and Central Asian States in Afghanistan". The conference was attended by Akramdjan Nematov, First Deputy Director of the Institute for Strategic and Segional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Sanat Kushkumbayev, Deputy Director of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Emilbek Kaptagaev, Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies of the Kyrgyz Republic; Komroni Jamolidin Khidoyatzoda, Deputy Head of the Department for the Study of Regional Security Problems of the Centre for Strategic Research under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan; Andrey Bystritsky, Chairman of the Board of the Valdai Club Foundation; Fyodor Lukyanov, Research Director of the Valdai Club Foundation; Timofey Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; and others.