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Sub-National Government Still a Major Challenge
May 09, 2013
Improving the Sub-national government has always been a challenge for the central government and its international backers. Decades of war and conflict destructed the bridge between the central government ...
Widespread Corruption
May 09, 2013
Nowadays everybody complains about the high level of corruption in the country. Putting the issue with officials in key position, everyone just tries to defend himself or herself and blames others ...
Reforms in Kankor Exams
May 09, 2013
Some fundamental reforms are needed in our educational system, particularly the old-era methods of university entry-test ...
Seeking a Secure Life – the Basic Right of Afghans
May 08, 2013
Uncertainty about the future, insecurity and lack of employment opportunities are causing thousands of Afghans to travel, mostly illegally, to Australia, Europe and other countries of world each ...
Election and Violence in Pakistan
May 08, 2013
Pakistan is holding its parliamentary elections on Saturday May 11, after the first successful civilian transition in country’s history. However, continued violence, particularly the ...
Need to Check Government Expenses
May 08, 2013
This is a rather painful fact that Afghan economy is in the initial stages of its growth and expansion and most of our needs are met by the aid made by our allies. Without any such ...
Elections: Concerns of International Community
May 07, 2013
NATO’s senior civilian representative Mr. Dominic Medley has said the Afghan Government must ensure free, fair and transparent elections for continued international assistance. Addressing a press conference ...
Greatest Challenge for Govt.: Protecting the 11-Year Gains
May 07, 2013
The greatest massacre of British soldiers in the history of the British Empire happened in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is well-known as ‘graveyard of empires.’ No one could win power in ...
Earning Credibility, Mitigates Poverty
May 07, 2013
Poverty and unemployment are identified as the driving forces behind insecurity, and these issues should be addressed as a priority. Some people participate in insurgent activities to acquire an ...
Prospect of Afghan Economy
May 06, 2013
When we talk about the foreign troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, we predict – keeping in view our past and current experience – that security will deteriorate. But we are ...
Mismanagement of the roads of Kabul
May 06, 2013
As the long season of cold, snow, rains and mud ended, the dust started flying in the air. The construction of roads that had been stalled by the freezing cold was once again resumed and thus the ...
The Broader Effects of Syrian Violence
May 06, 2013
The peaceful civil protest which was started more than two years ago to bring changes in the economic and political spheres and ask government to be responsible against people now is ...
Afghans Who Assisted NATO Face Serious Threats
May 05, 2013
Afghanistan and Denmark recently signed a long-term partnership agreement that comprises commitment of the Danish government to remain involved in Afghanistan after it pulls out its security ...
On Election Law
May 05, 2013
The National Assembly on Saturday May 04, 2013, has approved articles of the Election Law including establishment of 10 polling zones for nomadic Kuchi tribes. The previous draft ...
Af-Pak Relations must Normalize
May 05, 2013
It is a judicious truism, “Friends may change but not neighbors”. Pakistan and Afghanistan are century old neighbors. Nevertheless, their history records many ups and downs ...
On Press Freedom Day
May 04, 2013
Today is the World Press Freedom Day. 2013 Marks the 20th anniversary of the official proclamation of World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on May 03 each year, by the UN General ...
How Will Govt. Tackle the Situation?
May 04, 2013
The civil war in Afghanistan in 90s that erupted as a result of Soviet defeat paved the path for Taliban to overthrow the government in center and extent its rule to over ...
Sectarian Violence in Iraq
May 04, 2013
Iraq is slipping back to home violence that revives the historic pain caused by such antagonism. On Wednesday, series of bombings across the country left 12 dead and numbers injured. According ...
HPC More Loss than Gain
May 02, 2013
Since its establishment back in 2010 by President Hamid Karzai, the High Peace Council (HPC) has had more loss than achievement. The main purpose of the Council is finding out ways of negotiation...
Delay-Tactic: Draft Law on IEC Structure
May 02, 2013
The grand opposition alliance of all parties including some from the ruling coalition have urged President Karzai to sign the draft legislation on structure and powers of the Independent ...
Children Need Protection
May 02, 2013
Being surrounded by today’s crucial political, economical and other social crisis, children are completely forgotten and ignored from the top listed priorities that need serious attentions. It ...
No Attention to the Plight of Labors
May 01, 2013
The international Labor Day, today, is being marked in Afghanistan and across the world. As for the millions of workers around the world, this day has a special message for Afghan ...
Taliban Announced Spring Offensive
May 01, 2013
Taliban in Afghanistan have announced the start of their annual "spring offensive" against the US-backed government, vowing a nationwide series of attacks as foreign troops ...
Baseless VIP Security
May 01, 2013
Being the capital city of the country, Kabul is full of important personalities like politicians, tribal chiefs, national elders, parliamentarians, foreign bureaucrats, chiefs of ...
Taliban Announce Spring Offensive
April 30, 2013
The Taliban leadership has publicly announced the launch of their ‘spring offensive’ or Operation Khalid ibn al-Walid - a companion of Islam's Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) who ...
Economic Challenges Ahead
April 30, 2013
One of the main challenges for Afghanistan after the withdrawal of international troops would be to sustain a somewhat stable economy that would support country to a certain extent. Because of ...
Suspicious Boston Attacks
April 30, 2013
Boston Marathon attacks and their follow-up covered most of the time of media in last two weeks. It was an attack that left a child and two women dead and injured more than 200. One of the attackers ...
Next Presidential Election Key to Afghanistan’s Future
April 29, 2013
With escalation of insecurity and deterioration of political condition, hope for a stable and prosperous Afghanistan is dying in the hearts of common Afghans and the public-government trust ...
The Saur Revolution
April 29, 2013
There has never been a peaceful transition of power in Afghanistan’s history. It has always been the bloody coups and takeovers, or family rifts that had been the dominant factor in ...
The Deadly Highway
April 29, 2013
On highway between Kabul and Herat a bus collided with the wreckage of a truck previously blasted in Taliban’s attack on Friday, April 26, killing 45 people aboard the bus in a fiery crash. The ...
Curbs on Media?
April 27, 2013
The international media rights group Reporters Without Borders has expressed concerns on the recent statements of President Karzai after the Ulema Council demanded to crack down on ...
Pretentious Marriages
April 27, 2013
With the changing nature of Afghan society, stratification of society into very rich and very poor classes and growing gap between them is becoming evident in the form of various social ...
Shrinking Employment Opportunities
April 27, 2013
There has been a dramatic growth in the number of unemployed individuals in the country. The number is expected to further increase. Based on the data from Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs ...
Brussels Summit
April 25, 2013
The UN Special Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Mr. Jan Kubis has once again iterated that a smooth political transition in 2014 is significant priority for stability in ...
Concerns about Security & Economy
April 25, 2013
NATO is about one and half year away from complete withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan and what the post-2014 scenario is going to bring to this country remains the biggest question of time. Living ...