The Asian Institute of Eco-civilization Research and Development (AIERD), a Pakistan-based think tank, held a seminar on September 16 to launch its “Kandahar Dialogue.” The event, titled “Afghanistan: In Search of Peace and Prosperity", brought together a half dozen speakers, including Helga Zepp-LaRouche, the founder of the Schiller Institute; Andrey Kortunov, the head of the Russian International Affairs Council; and Hussein Askary, Southwest Asia Coordinator for the Schiller Institute. Afghanistan’s neighbors, Pakistan emphatically included, are eager to create conditions for stability, development, and predictability, to create a welcoming environment for long-term development. A further report will be available tomorrow.