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Respecting Other’s Privacy!
April 14, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
Suppose that you have been advised by your doctor to do exercise on daily basis for the sake of your health. You checked your tight schedule and with all the difficulties, spared ...
Sectarian Violence in Pakistan
April 14, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
Sectarianism is a historically deep rooted issue in Pakistan. People are put to death for their creeds and sects. Religious issue is a whole can of worms for Pakistani nation which ...
Re-diagnosing our Society
April 13, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai
There is a disease that has infected our existence and the smell of the infection has spread everywhere in the society. With each passing day the infection seems to be getting serious and there are no efforts ...
Nostalgia for the Simple Life
April 13, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
“Once upon a time we were just plain people. But that was before we began linking ourselves with mechanical systems. Get involved with a machine and sooner or later you ...
Kankor and Problems of Higher Education
April 13, 2014 | Masood Korosh
Finally after months of waiting, the result of Kankor, Nationwide Entrance Exam to public universities came to an end last week. Tens of thousands of people celebrated their success ...
Why Democracy is Indispensable for Afghanistan?
April 12, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
In a number of months before the presidential and provincial elections, there was much debate on all the forms of media about the importance of polls and democratic practices in the ...
Outstanding Drives but Still away from Smooth Road
April 12, 2014 | Masood Korosh
Before 6th April Presidential and provincial elections, people were worried about militants’ threats as well as other vague and worrisome issues around them such as whether ...
Tragedy and Comedy in Pakistan
April 12, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
According to reports, a bomb blast shook the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Wednesday, which littered the area with human flesh and blood and damaged crates of fruit. The ...
Outgoing President’s Legacy Renders Challenges for Incoming
April 10, 2014 | Asmatyari
Afghanistan faces multifarious issues of which illiteracy, socio-economic crisis and security concerns secure the top most positions. The incoming premier has to tackle with numerous disgruntled ...
Reversing the Wheel of History Must End up in Failure!
April 10, 2014 | Deng Xijun
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan blatantly paid homage to the Yasukuni Shrine where Class-A war criminals of World War II are honored at the end of the year 2013. This stirs up ...
Mid-East Talks Losing its Steam
April 10, 2014 | Manish Rai
Israel and the Palestinians angrily accused each other of undermining United States led peace efforts in the region. Palestinians said they took retaliatory step in response ...
We Need to Wake up!
April 09, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai
“This is Athens – the most sacred city of Greece. On the city’s main square, we can see an old man with strangled hair standing without any attention to his cloth and his appearance. He is busy in a discussion ...
Being More than a Teacher
April 09, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
A new year started and so many new boys poured into the school from different parts of the country, students from the same city or far flung cities and villages. One could have ...
Afghans Have Spoken: No To Extremism, Yes To Democracy
April 09, 2014 | Hameed Haami
Heavy rain and repeated threats from the Taliban could not deter the millions of Afghans who flocked to the polling centers on April 5th to claim their right to a democratic future
Liberalism and Religious Dilemma
April 08, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
“I began to question the liberal doctrine of man. The more I observed the tragedies of history and man’s shameful inclination to choose the low road, the more I came to see the depths and strength ...
Incoming Premier Should Meet Expectations
April 08, 2014 | Asmatyari
Afghanistan is due to pass through another democratic transition that serves to be decisive in the history of war torn country. The future prospect of the state can certainly ...
A Forgotten Tragedy
April 08, 2014 | Masood Korosh
Seemingly, the world has forgotten all about Syria. The “Arab Spring” ostensibly was nothing other than a curse whiff for some Arab countries. It broke out for ...
A Historic Day for Democracy
April 07, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
It is early morning and the ground near our house is full of activities. Every Friday, this big ground could have been noticed bustling with boys playing football and cricket but on Saturday, there are lines of people ...
Freedom – An Elaborate Issue
April 07, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
“The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act, as the ...
Saturday’s Elections: A Significant Victory
April 07, 2014 | Masood Korosh
The turnout of Afghans during presidential elections was astonishing. The long queue of people in the polling centers were eye-catching and a promising sign for the future. Millions ...
Afghan Elections Crucial For Future of the Country
April 06, 2014 | Dr. Florance Ebrahimi
As Afghans prepare to choose their next President in the coming election their confidence and enthusiasm in the country's electoral process is increasing day by day. Despite escalating violence ...
Make Pragmatic Teaching Possible
April 06, 2014 | Asmatyari
The brain has two distinct parts; each one is responsible for specific tasks. The left side of the brain controls speech, logical, and thinking skills; the right side is the ...
Will Elections Bring Stability in Afghanistan or ...?
April 05, 2014 | Muhammad Younas
The people of Afghanistan will cast their ballots today. It’ll be the third elections since the fall of Taliban in 2001 but the first democratic transition, if the process goes peacefully ...
Peace, Without Life, is Useless
April 02, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai
“I looked at the earth and saw that it has been deserted and isolated. I looked at the sky and found it dark. I looked at the mountains and saw that they were trembling. I looked ...
Self-Deception
April 02, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
Recent attacks carried out by Taliban in wake of upcoming presidential elections again started a series of discussions about Taliban, their supporters and different solutions ...
Slavery – A Historically Tortuous Issue
April 02, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
Slavery has existed, in one form or another, throughout the whole of human history. So, too, have movements to free large or distinct groups of slaves. However, abolitionism should ...
Escalating Insecurity Endangers Electoral Process
April 01, 2014 | Asmatyari
Amidst manifold troubles, deteriorating state of security stands to be the prior most predicaments; Afghanistan intervenes at the present. Seemingly, the militants and none-state actors ...
Religious Exploitation
April 01, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
Religion is a beacon which sparkles to guide a society to salvation and prosperity .It helps people to cope with violence, bloodshed and moral corruptions. The purpose of religion ...
Delay of Kankour Result
April 01, 2014 | Masood Korosh
Few days ago, the Ministry of Higher Education made declaration, asking students to avoid referring to the Ministry for asking their results. It said that result of Kankour ...
Mullah and Aalim
March 31, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
He was twice thrown out of the mosque. On his request, I am not mentioning his name but he is a person who leads the life of an ordinary person in Kabul. He used to regularly attend the special morning sermon or speech ...
Justice from the Islamic Perspective
March 31, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
Justice is defined as that everyone should be benefited in proportion to his ability and aptitude. When this is the case then society will be well ordered. Without justice it is neither ...
Afghanistan Elections: Domestic and External Spoilers
March 31, 2014 | Omar Samad
The challenge facing Afghan leaders will be to allow for the constitutional process to run its course, without meddling. With less than a week left before Afghans go to the polls ...
For Long-Run Survival
March 30, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
I was with my friend to do some shopping for the birthday party of his son. Being the third party of his only child, he seemed very excited and jubilant. I was thinking it to be something simple: go to a shop and buy few ...
The Significant Role of Morality
March 30, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
“God has been profoundly real to me in recent years. In the midst of outer dangers, I have felt an inner calm. In the midst of lonely days and dreary nights, I have heard an inner ...
Concerns over Post-Election Behavior of Presidential Candidates
March 30, 2014 | Masood Korosh
I previously wrote in the same newspaper that post-election behavior of Presidential candidates to some extent is far more important than the election itself. The statement ...