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Polio Vaccines and Baseless Propaganda!
December 26, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
An advertisement showed on different television channels always leaves me sad. In this advertisement, some teenage boys are shown going to play football. They carry a football and seem to be very excited ...
The President’s Generosity to Taliban
December 26, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
According to 1TV reports, at least 536 Taliban militants have been released on presidential decrees during the past 15 months. The report adds that at least 224 Taliban militants including ...
The Continuity of Syrian Tragedy
December 26, 2013 | Masood Korosh
On Tuesday, December 24, activists said that a new round of Syrian government air raids on rebel-held areas of the northern city of Aleppo killed at least 15 people. The strikes extended the ...
Elections Continue, Miseries Prevail?
December 25, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
Man has always been in the perpetual process of advancing their social and political lives. Man has left behind the age of insecurity of caves, and hunting period, he has evolved from ...
Is it the Fault of Religion?
December 25, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
A religious society which is stuck in traditional thought and fundamental social mores closes the door to development. This can be seen by glancing over the pages of our society’s history over ...
Intangible Progresses in Resolving the BSA Impasse
December 24, 2013 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
With the standoff between Kabul and Washington over the Bilateral Security Agreement unresolved, the United States is deliberating on other options for having the BSA signed without ...
Don’t Hate Me for I Am a Girl
December 24, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
Isn’t the jaw-dropping story of my life emotive? I cannot shout my pain, my sorrow and my depression. I swallow the strong burst of my feelings and suppress my sobs with tearful and sparkling eyes. I ...
Without Culture and Traditions
December 24, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
There was an international gathering of singers from different countries of the world. Singers who were famous in their countries and sang their traditional songs were invited in this grand music festival. As these ...
Spiritual Freedom comes before Social Liberty
December 23, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
After three decades of war and bloodshed, frustration is total; we are fed-up with violence. We cherish our freedom. Every Afghan dreams about living in a war-free atmosphere. Freedom is ...
Rise of Islamists in Syria
December 23, 2013 | Masood Korosh
In the latest report, amnesty International said that torture, flogging and summary killings are rife in secret prisons run by Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), the group which controls ...
Human Capabilities Built is Solidarity Earned
December 22, 2013 | Asmatyari
December 20 is commemorated as “International Human Solidarity Day” across the globe to remind people, the importance of solidarity in working towards eradicating poverty, physical ...
Fire and Purification
December 22, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
Bill Gates, the owner of famous Microsoft, and recently praised for the welfare efforts of his foundation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to fight diseases in third world countries, is ...
Music Reflects Culture
December 22, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
This song was sung by Mrs. Shahla Zaland, a popular Afghan singer, in memory of an Afghan girl, Nadia Anjuman. She sang with deep emotion and tearful eyes, reflecting the pain and the suffering of ...
Don’t We Live in an Anarchic State?
December 21, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
I fear that my rights are trampled upon with impunity, my honor is at stake, my safety is threatened and I am terrorized. The death of my compatriots chills me to the bone and compounds the meaninglessness of ...
A Mirage
December 21, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
In old times, when fabric or cloth was very rare and had good monetary value, a scholar was busy in washing his hands and face beside a river. He was wearing a big turban of white fabric that ...
Afpak: the ‘Strategic Depth’
December 21, 2013 | Gharanai Khwakhuzhi
The concept of Strategic Depth emerges from the realm of military operations which denotes the distance between enemy forces and the main center of gravity of a country (anything from ...
Materialism Vs Spiritualism
December 19, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
Both materialism and spiritualism have played major role in human societies. Through the process of evolution men have benefited from both the ideologies to pave their way to today’s ...
A Safer World with OPCW
December 19, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
If the Nobel prizes in fields of sciences and literature are given extreme respect and value, the Nobel peace prizes have mostly been controversial. Its latest example is the peace prize given for ...
Syrian Refugees: Biggest Sufferers of the Conflict
December 19, 2013 | Manish Rai
Nearly three years of bloody civil war in Syria have created what the United Nations, governments and international humanitarian organizations describe as the most challenging refugee crisis in a ...
Taliban Continue Blasphemy
December 18, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
Their sinister faces are behind a religious façade. The religious beliefs and moral values which are hallmark to Taliban are too sacrosanct to be criticized. Their sanctimonious behaviors ...
Insensitivity towards Violence against Women
December 18, 2013 | Masood Korosh
The horrific amputation of Setara a 30 year old from Western Herat, the province which was once a host of great ancient civilization and home for great philosophers and poets once again reminded us of ...
Tolerating the Boss
December 17, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
In an English newspaper, there is a special column by the name of ‘Workplace Sanity’ in which people write about their workplace problems to an expert who gives very useful answers to ...
Do I Deserve Punishment for Being a Female?
December 16, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
“Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacities. She has the right to participate in the minutest details in the activities of man, and she has an equal right of freedom and liberty with him.” Mohandas ...
Preventing a Rollback of Women’s Rights
December 16, 2013 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
With the looming withdrawal of foreign forces, there are signs that women’s rights in Afghanistan may start rolling back after 2014 as violence against this vulnerable segment of the society is ...
Evolution and Revolution in Socio-political Scenario
December 15, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
Politics had never been so much important as it is now in 21st century. The people of Third World countries due to their deprived positions are mostly indulged in political ...
Roses and Stones
December 15, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
In a society where illiteracy, corruption, lack of social manners and other dangerous habits have risen to an alarming level, even a small problem can result in hazardous consequences and same was ...
The Sanctimonious Society
December 15, 2013 | Masood Korosh
The Berlin based corruption fighting organization; Transparency International’s latest survey set Afghan government on the most corrupt ones in the world along with Somalia and North Korea. Each ...
Afghanistan’s Regional Ties In Post-2014 Context
December 14, 2013 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
As part of his regional tour, President Hamid Karzai is visiting India and is pushing for enhanced security and economic cooperation between the two countries. His trip to India has ...
Imran Khan and Drone Attacks
December 14, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
The party of Imran Khan was not able to make government in Pakistan but as a leader, he was and still is the most favorite among the public. His newly born party and majority of its fresh ...
Accepting the Ethnic Differences!
December 12, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
Until and unless a person comes out of the environment he lives in, he would never come to discover the beauties that are found in different environments in different parts of the ...
The World Needs Love not Antagonism
December 12, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
A man dragging himself with one arm; legs unable to walk; a fountain of blood at the point where there should be the other arm; face covered with the soot of the bomb blast; eyes red as if hell ...
Ethnocentrism – A War-Provoking Issue
December 12, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
“You are not big enough to accuse the whole age effectively, but let us say you are in dissent. You are in no position to issue commands, but you can speak words of hope. Shall ...
The Normative Backbone for the Advancement and Prosperity of the Republic of Uzbekistan
December 11, 2013 | Mohammad Hamid
In particular, an official meeting took place on December 6 in Tashkent dedicated to the 21st anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of ...
Seeking Cooperation with Iran: Is It a Right Move at a Right Time?
December 10, 2013 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
Afghanistan and Iran have agreed to explore a mutual agreement on economic and security cooperation. During his visit to Tehran, President Hamid Karzai and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani ...
Places of Perfection
December 10, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
It was a pleasant summer day this year. We had arrived almost three hours earlier for the ‘Juma’ or ‘Friday’ prayers. There was no one in the mosque except for some of the ...