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US Direct Involvement in Talks with Afghan Taliban & Its Repercussions on Achieving Peace
July 23, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Though the United States of American has been involved in peace process since the process of making peace with Taliban began in the twilights of 2000s, most of these ...
Trump May Kill the Global Recovery
July 23, 2018 | Nouriel Roubini
How does the current global economic outlook compare to that of a year ago? In 2017, the world economy was undergoing a synchronized expansion, with growth accelerating ...
Lesson learned from the Nezamuddin Qaisari saga: Paradigm shift needed to transform ‘Revenge to Justice’ (P2)
July 22, 2018 | Upendra Baghel
Faryab province is highly factionalized with repeated clashesbetween two arch rival parties: Junbish-i-MilliIslami and Jamiat-e-Islami party. Both are supported largely by two ...
Global Britain’s Brexit Delusion
July 22, 2018 | Mark Malloch-Brown
What has happened to the United Kingdom? Ever since the June 2016 Brexit referendum, British foreign policy has all but collapsed.
With the United States in retreat ...
Lesson learned from the Nezamuddin Qaisari saga: Paradigm shift needed to transform ‘Revenge to Justice’ (P1)
July 21, 2018 | Upendra Baghel
Nezamuddin Qaisari, the Police Chief of Qaiser (Qaysar) district in Faryab province was arrested on 02 July 2018, Monday when he was amidst a meeting at the Camp of 209th Shaheen ...
Will US Direct Peace Negotiations End The Conflicts in Afghanistan?
July 19, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
The United States has expressed readiness to initiate direct talks with the Taliban in an attempt to end a 17-year-old war in Afghanistan, a significant shift in American ...
Poverty: The Paralyzing phenomenon in Afghanistan
July 18, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Beside various social and political disorders, poverty is one ofthe most paralyzing crisis which has severely impacted our nation. Afghan nation had warmly welcomed the international ...
Afghan Government Needs Defined Strategic Lines in Its Efforts to Bring Long-Lasting Peace
July 17, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Government and the people of Afghanistan need peace more than any other necessities in the country as war has taken huge toll on the very social fabrics, politics and economy ...
Afghan Police Needs to Spell out its Doctrine and International Support Needs to be Afghanized
July 16, 2018 | Upendra Baghel
After collapse of Taliban in 2001, the state building started in Afghanistan. Police in Afghanistan started taking new shape. Before Taliban, Afghanistan had limited ...
Intellectual Property, Not Intellectual Monopoly
July 12, 2018 | Zia Qureshi
The copyright and patent laws we have today look more like intellectual monopoly than intellectual property,” wrote Brink Lindsey and Steven Teles ...
Drought grips large parts of Afghanistan
July 09, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Afghanistan faces serious threat of drought after several decades of steady climate change across the country. At least 22 of 34 provinces are suffering from the drought crisisand...
Learning Mechanisms for Poverty Alleviation from China (Part 2)
July 08, 2018 | Hujjatullah Zia
china seeks to open wider to the outside world and strengthen its economic ties, cultural bonds and people-to-people contact for building a moderately prosperous society...
Talking about Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors; A Cultural and Social Tabooin Afghanistan (Part 2)
July 07, 2018 | Hamid Bamik
Given the above reasons, it is argued that one of the key factors of violence against women increase in Afghanistan is shortage of gender/sex education at Afghanistan ...
Learning Mechanisms for Poverty Alleviation from China (Part 1)
July 05, 2018 | Hujjatullah Zia
Although Afghanistan is rich in mineral resources, poverty is one of the great issues challenging Afghan people. The withdrawal of many NGOs from the country after the US-led . . .
Talking about Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors; A Cultural and Social Taboo in Afghanistan (Part 1)
July 05, 2018 | Hamid Bamik
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the cultural and social barriers that lead to ignorance of debating on sex sexual attitudes and behaviors among families and youths ...
The New Era and Afghan Women Political Expansion (Part 2)
July 04, 2018 | Hamid Bamik
After the removal of the Taliban, according to the Bonn Conference Agreements, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs of Afghanistan was established in the framework ...
Afghanistan’s Women and Desire for Political Power (part 1)
July 03, 2018 | Hamid Bamik
With Dawood Khan’s coup in 1973, the situation of Afghan women returned as it was before. The Communist, Mujahideen, and Taliban periods worsened the situation of women in . . .
Afghan Government Ceasefire Initiative Should Encompass Security, Peace & Development Strategy
July 02, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Recent ceasefire may be followed by trustworthy peace process monitoring mechanism supplemented with confidence building and trust building measures, all under overall ...
Insecurity & Target Killings Limits the Ability of Candidates and Voters to Participate in Elections in Kunduz Province
July 01, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Residents of Kunduz province, including Kunduz city and all provincial districts, have been confined to smaller population centers and are facing existential threats from ...
The Depreciating Effect of Afghan Currency Value on People’s Lives
June 27, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Since about a year, Afghan money has lost its value insofar asunprecedented in nearly past two decades in exchange for the US dollar. This news is not only ...
Women – Subject to Violence and Gender Discrimination
June 26, 2018 | Hujjatullah Zia
The rape of five women, anti-trafficking activists, in India; six-year-old Zainab Ansari in Pakistan and five-year-old Afghan girl Bahara in Iran, which are highly outrageous ...
Taliban Continues War Despite Muslim Demand for Peace
June 25, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Despite the collective will of Muslim people for peace, Taliban continues war in various parts of Afghanistan. In fact, most of Muslim people including prominent religious ...
Role of Women in Social Development Process of Afghanistan
June 25, 2018 | Murtaza Haidary
Social development simply means improvements in the living conditions of human in a society. According to Bilance (1997), “Social Development is the promotion of ...
Afghanistan: The Country of Widows
June 24, 2018 | Hamid Bamik
Afghanistan is one of the world’s most prolific producers of orphans and widows. The number of widows in Afghanistan is estimated to be from 600,000 to two million ...
Afghans’ Three-day Sigh of Relief Ends
June 23, 2018 | Hujjatullah Zia
With three-day lull in conflicts following the declaration of ceasefire by Afghan government and the Taliban, the insurgent fighters resumed their offensives despite the ...
Only the Dead Will See the End of the War in Afghanistan
June 21, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
After three-day ceasefire, Taliban have announced to restart warbut President Ghani declared another 10-day truce. Government officials are still hopeful that the initiative ...
Qingdao Summit Promotes China-Afghanistan Relationships
June 19, 2018 | Liu Jinsong
On June 10th, H.E. President Ghani met with H.E. Mr. Xi Jinping, President of China, in Qingdao, China. I had the honor to attend the meeting and feel happy for two . . .
Joint Op-ed by the Ambassadors of the EU and Member States based in Kabul on the occasion of European Climate Diplomacy Week
June 18, 2018 | Ambassadors of the EU and Member States based in Kabul
On 18 June the European Climate Diplomacy Week starts and we, the Ambassadors representing the EU and its Member States, wish to mark this occasion by sharing our thoughts ...
Cycle of Violence Are Against Peace Voice and Islamic Fatwa
June 14, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Unfortunately, the voice of peace is always responded by increasing series of violence in Afghanistan. In few last days, contrary to the morality of ceasefires and recent ...
Taliban’s surprise ceasefire sparks hopes
June 12, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
The surprise and unprecedented ceasefire between the Afghan government and the Taliban has sparked hopes that the move may open the door for peace talks and eventually ...
Strong Functional Mechanism of Electoral Complaint Commission Can Ensure Transparent & Fair Elections
June 11, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
The voter registration process started on 14 April 2018 at thousands of registration centers spread across the country. Till now as of 5th June 2018, almost 5.25 million ...
Role of Women in Social Development Process of Afghanistan
June 09, 2018 | Murtaza Haidary
Social development simply means improvements in the living conditions of human in a society. According to Bilance (1997), “Social Development is the promotion of ...
Reaction Against Religious Scholars’ Gathering
June 06, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
On Monday, more than 2,000 Afghan religious scholars gathered in Kabul to examine the status of ongoing war in Afghanistan from Islamic viewpoint. After some discussions ...
China’s Role in Building Trust between Afghanistan and Pakistan
June 04, 2018 | Hujjatullah Zia
Beijing hosted trilateral strategic dialogue last week to strengthen China-Pakistan-Afghanistan ties and support peace and stability. The three sides reviewed preparation ...
Attack on Ministry of Interior - A Lesson for Afghan Police
June 03, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Ministry of Interior was attacked on 30 May 2018 around noon time at 1200 hrs. Just two days before, 27 and 28 May, a high level security delegation of Afghanistan led by National ...