{"id":5605,"date":"2024-07-10T13:42:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csrsaf.org\/en\/?page_id=5605"},"modified":"2024-07-11T10:06:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T10:06:47","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/csrsaf.org\/en\/?page_id=5605","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5383&#8243; img_size=&#8221;200&#215;100&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Our Story&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-project-diagram&#8221; i_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;4&#8243; css=&#8221;&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#27ace5&#8243; i_custom_color=&#8221;#27ace5&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Center for Strategic and Regional Studies (CSRS) is a Kabul-based independent non-profit and non-partisan policy research organization established in 2008. 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