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Jihad; Realities and Misconceptions
January 27, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
Jihad, a crucially controversial concept in Islam, is often misunderstood by many Westerners, and even some Muslims. Whenever the word comes up, what comes to mind is an armed struggle by ...
Who is Responsible for the Government’s Failure?
January 27, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
More than a decade has passed from the fall of Taliban and their dictatorial regime was replaced by a so-called democratic government. Now it is the tail end of second presidential ...
Why Hazaras are being Killed in Pakistan?
January 26, 2014 | Muhammad Younas
Once again Lashkar-e-Janghvi (LeJ) terrorists have managed to kill 28 Hazara pilgrims including women and children in Mastung district, some 50km Southwest of Quetta City, Pakistan ...
Bacon – A Machiavellian Essayist
January 26, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai
Sir Francis Bacon was a great essayist and prose writer of 17th century literature. He is very much known for his essays and so his place is great as an essayist. He was born in England, got ...
Culture Originates in Religion
January 26, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
“A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and souls of its people… a culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart. No culture can live if it attempts to be ...
Rise of Pick-Pockets and Robbery
January 26, 2014 | Masood Korosh
Few days ago, a friend shared on his Facebook timeline that he could not sleep whole night because of armed robbery in his house’s vicinity. Another shared that around 6 pm two ...
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied
January 25, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
Just like the event of one year before, government of Pakistan brought an end to the protest of Hazara community in Quetta of Pakistan by making some promises. At that time as well, so ...
Afghan Women in a Vulnerable Position
January 25, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
Violence against women is a highly controversial issue across the country. They dwell in a havoc suffering physical and mental tortures, their lips and noses are lopped off and their bodies ...
A Man Who Should be Deprived of Public Trust
January 25, 2014 | Saeid Madadi
It was until yesterday that people, irritated by NATO's operation in Parwan, were quoting Khawasi and were asking outrageously for apology and sympathy of international troops for ...
Why Hazaras are being Killed in Pakistan?
January 23, 2014 | Muhammad Younas
Once again Lashkar-e-Janghvi (LeJ) terrorists have managed to kill 28 Hazara pilgrims including women and children in Mastung district, some 50km Southwest of Quetta City, Pakistan ...
Spiritual Bridge of our Time
January 23, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
What seems to be happening in our world today is what we might call ‘passing over,’ passing over from one culture to another, from one way of life to another, from one religion to ...
BSA Stalemate Earns Politico-economic Crisis
January 23, 2014 | Asmatyari
At the moment, Afghanistan passes through numerous problems; uncertain political circumstances and unstable security condition stand to be the most immediate problems, pleading prior ...
Aristotle on Politics and Ethics
January 22, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai
Greek civilization, in the history of mankind, proved to be a very prolific civilization. It produced so many philosophers and thinkers who discussed great ideas and gave human beings the ...
Vultures Surround Religion
January 22, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
“It may be that Allah will bring about love between you and those of them with whom you are now at enmity… Allah forbids you not respecting those who have not fought against you on ...
A Surprising Move by Hezb-e-Islami
January 22, 2014 | Masood Korosh
The announcement of Hezb-e-Islami for participation in coming elections was tactically surprising. The armed group under the leadership of Gulbaddin Hekmatiyar always rejected the ruling ...
Terrorism Remains a Serious Issue
January 21, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
The despicable attack on a restaurant owned by a Lebanese by the Taliban insurgents, which led to the death of 13 foreigners including IMF head and four UN staff and 8 Afghans on ...
Need for Cultural Reform
January 21, 2014 | Masood Korosh
During post-Taliban era, one of the key things that continuously has been highlighted by conservative layers of the society is spread of modern values such as women’s participation ...
WHERE VIOLENCE TAKES ROOT
January 21, 2014 | Shukrullah Ahmadi
Despite a democratic government has been in place and the efforts of international community since 2001, the culture of domestic violence still continues and its incidence is increasing ...
Normalization of Afghan Economy
January 20, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
Many years ago, when the money of foreign aid was flowing like a violent stream into the country and I was not much aware of the corruption being done on the name of development projects ...
My Religious Beliefs
January 20, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
“To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see ...
The Three Questions
January 20, 2014 | Uttam Prakash
One day it occurred to a King that if he only knew the answers to three questions, he would never fail in any matter. The questions were: What is the best time to do something ...
Taliban’s Determination for Stepping up Violence
January 19, 2014 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
Amidst the uncertainty about the future of an international role in Afghanistan’s security, the Taliban suicide attack in Kabul shocked the world. The attack which claimed lives of many ...
To Contentment through Spirit
January 19, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai
There are so many aspects of human existence. Even the most reliable research favors the statement that apart from material existence human beings have intellectual or spiritual existence ...
Death of Religion, Dawn of Crime
January 19, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
“Man’s characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment brutally imposed on him, but by a conscience ...
“Clash of Civilizations”
January 18, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai
No sooner had Russia disintegrated, different political philosophers started thinking of or presenting paradigms to analyze and project the international political affairs ...
Knowledge and Humility!
January 18, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
As if it was an event of yesterday, I still remember a professor of our University who had a strange style and he had all the reasons to adopt such a style. He was highly educated, had ...
Close Guantánamo and End the USA’s Human Rights Hypocrisy
January 18, 2014 | Erika Guevara Rosas
One of President Barack Obama’s first official acts in January 2009 was to sign an executive order to close the US military detention centre at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, within a ...
Religion and its Role in our Criminal System
January 16, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
“Economic and military power can be developed under the spur of laws and appropriations. But moral power does not derive from any act of Congress. It depends on the relations of a people to ...
Rights and Duties Go Parallel
January 16, 2014 | Asmatyari
It is an unprejudiced finding, which is seldom accepted – women treated as second class citizens is meant to deem them inferior and a hapless fellow, thus making them prone to violence ...
Prisoners’ Release is not Life-Saving
January 16, 2014 | Masood Korosh
Previously, the three member Panel, Criminal Cases Review Commission, assigned by President Hamid Karzai to look into the cases of Bagram Prisoners have once again put a stone into ...
Religion Starts with Love and Ends in Peace
January 15, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai
The contemporary human society is a complex outcome of thousand years of evolution. Complex cultures, economic systems, religions, philosophies and science have been inter-woven through the web ...
Sunni-Shia Conflict and International Conspiracy!
January 15, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
Residents of Quetta still remember the days when they lived together; united, happy and prosperous. At that time, relations were based on love and mutual respect and these bounds were ...
Global Warming and Call of the Conscience!
January 14, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
The calamities and harshness of weather in this winter shows that something is happening wrong in the climate patterns of the world. Canada, the US and many European countries are experiencing ...
Empty Nest
January 14, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
Gone are the days when we gathered around our grandma and begged her to narrate fairy-tales. We used to listen with fear and delight. Whenever we felt lonely, we would badger her to tell ...
Afghanistan is no More in the Interest Range
January 12, 2014 | Ahmad Shah Mobariz
Pessimism about the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the ensuing effect on stability in that country in particular and the region in general, does not stay limited to only the political ...