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Managing Population in a State
July 03, 2018
There is no short cut to or any spontaneous method to decrease the number of people in a particular community and adjust them with the available sources and resources of the...
Government’s Unilateral Truce Ends Amid Heavy Clashes
July 02, 2018
President Ashraf Ghani has announced a formal end to the government’s ceasefire with the Taliban but called on the Taliban militants to agree to full peace ...
Caring for the Old
July 01, 2018
Aging is an inevitable natural and biological phenomenon. There are many perceptions of the old generation varying from one culture to another. Some people have the positive views ...
Why Elections Matter for Afghans
June 30, 2018
Elections matter for many reasons for the Afghan citizens. First, elections are not just elections: In fact, they are part of a vital process in the country. Second ...
No Option Other Than Peace
June 28, 2018
Peace is indispensable in today’s world, and since, the international politics is inclining towards power play and the use of military dominance, the slogans ...
Voting Along Ethnic Lines: A Democratic Practice Guided by Ethnic Patterns
June 27, 2018
On 20th October 2018, Afghanistan would hold its third elections of Wolsi Jirga and first elections of District Councils since the democratic opening in 2001...
Major Barriers of Peace Talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan
June 26, 2018
Afghanistan witnessed a short but promising 3 day ceasefire during the EidulFitr. Shortly, after the 3 day ceasefire ended, the Afghan government extended it to 10 more ...
“Listen First” for Prevention of Drug Abuse
June 25, 2018
Tomorrow, i.e. June 26 is going to be observed as International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) set this day ...
Democracy in Jeopardy
June 24, 2018
Democracy and democratic traditions seem to be declining in the world, and this does not point at a better future for the people of the world as a whole; particularly...
Pak-Afghan Cumulative Interaction
June 21, 2018
Since more than a decade, the Afghan government, from time to time, approached international allies and neighboring countries to find a solution for permanent peace ...
The Rights of Refugees Must be Protected
June 20, 2018
Today, i.e. June 20 is celebrated as the World Refugee Day around the world. The Day was adopted in December 2000, when United Nations (UN) General Assembly passed resolution ...
Art Promotes Colors and Sounds of Peace
June 19, 2018
There are different aspects of life and existence. Human beings need to satisfy all those aspects of life to live a stable life. These are not only linked to physical reality ...
Extending the Ceasefire with the Taliban: Trying effortlessly to change Illusion to Reality
June 18, 2018
Afghan President extended the ceasefire with the Taliban without giving a time frame to it. He did so, while some bombings had been carried out by the insurgents in the ...
Root Causes of Conflict in Afghanistan
June 14, 2018
According to the recent studies eight out of 10 of the world’s poorest countries are suffering, or have recently suffered, from large scale violent conflict...
Who Wins and Loses From Eid Ceasefire Deal?
June 13, 2018
An unconditional cease-fire with the Taliban was announced by the Ashraf Ghan, the Afghan President, Thursday, July 7 last week and in a surprise move the Taliban ...
‘Ending All Forms of Child Labor’
June 12, 2018
June 12 is going to be observed as the International Day against Child Labor in different countries around the world. The day was basically launched by International ...
China Hosts SCO Summit to Contribute to Regional Security and Trade
June 11, 2018
The 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit has been attended by world leaders on Saturday in Chinese Qingdao City, Shandong province. The two-day summit ...
Eid Ceasefire: an Opportunity for Diplomacy
June 10, 2018
The Afghan Taliban surprised the world with their three-day ceasefire over the Eid holiday in the middle of June. This announcement came after a ceasefire announced ...
Can the Ceasefire with Taliban succeed?
June 09, 2018
Afghan government has taken many initiatives to provide an opportunity to the Taliban insurgents to join to the peace negotiation table and stop the war in Afghanistan...
SCO Member States Media: The Pioneers of Shaping a New Shared Vision for Future
June 06, 2018
The first SCO media summit was held in Beijing on June 1, 2018 in Beijing. As the summit main theme was carrying on the “Shanghai Spirit” it called urgently the ...
“Innocent Children Victims of Aggression”
June 04, 2018
Today, i.e. June 4 is celebrated as International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. The purpose of the day is to highlight the sufferings of the children throughout ...
Xi’s ‘shared future’: The Light of Hope in the Darkest Moment
June 03, 2018
There is no doubt the world is facing different challenges in our date. Some of these challenges are such critical and threatening that put at risk all the world. . .
Violence against Women: A Culture to Be Abolished
June 02, 2018
Afghanistan is a country well known for its rich history, culture, literature and arts, hospitable people as well as its magnificent and unique landscape. On the other hand...
Democracy Ensures Minority Rights
May 31, 2018
Democracy government system requires holding free and fair elections, establishing functioning political parties, entrenching and independent judiciary...
Afghan Women Remain Distant from Justice
May 30, 2018
Women in Afghanistan are kept distant from their basic rights and from access to justice. As per a recent report, Injustice and Impunity: Mediation of Criminal Offences of ...
Political Disappointment: Causes and Consequences
May 29, 2018
Political disappointment is one of the features that the citizens relate to government. As the Afghan government is in the process of conducting the elections of Wolsi Jirga ...
Good Governance: Prosperous Nation
May 27, 2018
Being a true leader means putting people first; In other words a true leader considers the people supreme and ensuring the rights of the people is his ultimate goal...
Political Rivalries Will Jeopardize Regional Stability
May 26, 2018
The tension between Iran on the one side and Israel and the US on the other side will pose serious threat to regional stability. The Tehran-Washington emerging cold war following ...
It is the Governed Who Shapes the States
May 24, 2018
In every state, there are two visible groups: the government and the subjects or the governed.
Much of the discussions pertaining to...
Afghanistan Water Resources: The cause of Conflicts with Neighboring Countries
May 23, 2018
Water is a liquid nearly all beings need it. Indeed, it gives life to us but it can change to a means of death as well. As the number of world population increases, the amount...
We Need to Manage Diversity
May 22, 2018
Living within diversity requires that the inhabitants develop respect and broadmindedness for one another. Without these factors, it might be terribly troublesome ...
Illiteracy is more Perilous than Terrorism for Afghanistan
May 21, 2018
I am living in a society of which educational infrastructures have been repeatedly damaged during four decades of conflicts and civil wars; likewise, whose people need ...
Human Rights Violations Continue
May 20, 2018
The scourge of war and violence still inflict heavy casualties and indescribable sufferings upon nations. Political rivalries and regional tension, which generate violence and . . .
Extremism Will Lead to Terrorism
May 19, 2018
It is really difficult to ignore the severity of the disaster introduced by extremism and terrorism in today’s world. In fact, extremism and terrorism are...
National Identity: Ethnicity and Ethnocentrism as the Main Barriers
May 15, 2018
Identity is the state of having unique identifying characteristics that no other person or thing holds it. Identity is the individual characteristic which a person ...