On October 21, 2021, H.E. Khaled Ahmad Zekriya, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Italy, gave a presentation titled “Afghanistan: yesterday, today and tomorrow” at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna. This event, attended by more than 100 participants, was organized to give an overview about the latest upheavals in Afghanistan and its long-term effects on the region and the world. In his presentation, the Ambassador of Afghanistan first briefly discussed the role of Afghanistan in regional and global events over the past three centuries, and subsequently spoke about the current situation in the country, in particular the illegitimate administration of the Taliban in Kabul, and the challenges and opportunities ahead.