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Life in Kabul City
December 10, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
She is trembling all day with cold .She has disheveled hair and sloppy clothes. Nadia is only 12, begging on the Kabul streets with her mother. She has grown up facing life’s ...
Nelson Mandela – the Hero
December 09, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
On Thursday 5th, December, the sad demise of Mr. Nelson Mandela, former South African President, shook the world. His death came in the spotlight of the national and international media. The heart-rending sobs ...
Great People Never Die
December 08, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
With the announcement of the sad demise of Nelson Mandela, world recalled the great lessons given by him. He spent more than 25 years in prison but he never lost his faith on his cause. At times, it ...
Aerial Attacks and Civilian Casualties
December 08, 2013 | Masood Korosh
Seemingly, President Karzai does not seem to change his position regarding his demands before signing the BSA. He strongly resists against the signature of security pact with the US this time asking ...
Won’t Afghanistan Become Second Iraq?
December 07, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
Last week the reports were highly terrible. According to the news, four police officers were killed and 19 others injured following an explosion in central Maidan Wardak province of ...
War for Terror
December 07, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
This year would be remembered in world politics because of two similar events. One was the failure of US and its allies to carry out their attack on Syria and inking of deal between Assad’s government and ...
The Broad Impacts of the BSA Impasse
December 07, 2013 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
President Karzia’s stance on the much-awaited security agreement between Afghanistan and the United States has left him under severe criticisms from ordinary citizens to ...
Strike While the Iron is Hot
December 05, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
The Kabul-Washington security pact is in the Afghan media spotlight and turned highly controversial. In spite of the votes of 2,500 members of Loya Jirga gathering, conducted last month, in favor ...
Wrong Expectations and Complications
December 05, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
It is said that a person, who has been sentenced to death, lives the most miserable life on earth. The death itself may not be as bitter and painful as the awful time that creeps to him very ...
What is at Stake for Afghanistan-US Long-term Partnership?
December 04, 2013 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
With President Karzai’s persistence in his refusal to sign the bilateral security agreement between Afghanistan and the US, the opponents of the agreement are finding a louder voice in opposing the ...
HIV is Also a Tragedy
December 04, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
Sunday, December 1st, was World AIDS Day which was also organized in Kabul, Afghanistan. According to BBC reports, Mohammad Ali, who is one of the HIV infected, talked about the unkindness of government and ...
The Problematic Resistance
December 04, 2013 | Masood Korosh
After much concerns and confusion over holding Consultative Grand Traditional Assembly or Loya Jirga which imposed huge unnecessary expenses on the shoulder of needy government, finally it was ended ...
Immediate Action Needed!
December 03, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
Perceptions and feelings of people in Afghanistan are very volatile and this volatility is on its peak for many months now. The country depicts the exact picture of a war-torn and demolished ...
The Sad Stories of Afghan Women
December 03, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
Last Monday, November 25, was the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women. The origins of November 25th go back to 1960, when the three Mirabal sisters from the Dominican ...
Bureaucracy – A Strict Administrative System
December 03, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
The states strive to manage the affairs of the country – the ones related to the services for the public – are administered through an administrative setup. In an administrative setup bureaucracy plays a ...
Poetry – Spontaneous Overflow of Feelings
December 02, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
Different people use different ways to express their emotions. Some do it through their conversations, some through tears, some may opt music, while others through poetry. Though some of these ...
Perilous Habits!
December 02, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
There are some problems with the habits or behaviors that are clear for all and a person himself knows about it and repents when he returns to his senses. A person who is in habit of getting angry ...
Gains from the Nuclear Deal!
December 01, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
The temporary deal between Iran and Western powers including the United States was quite shocking if it was not unexpected. Some experts have called it ‘most important deal in last ten ...
Violence Against Women is Nationwide
December 01, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
Monday, November 25, was the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women. The cyberspace of Facebook was flooded with comments and shared thoughts regarding violence against Afghan ...
Karzai-Sharif Talks: In Pursuit of a Common Ground on Peace Talks
November 30, 2013 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is set to visit Kabul on Saturday and discuss Afghan peace talks with President Hamid Karzai. The meeting between the two leaders would mark the latest of a series of ...
Revisiting Afghan-Pakistan Relations
November 30, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
In our literature and folklores, there are sayings and quotations that emphasize the importance of being rational and logical in our words and actions. There is a saying ...
The Effects of Patriarchal Environment on Women Rights.
November 30, 2013 | Masood Korosh
Two months ago, the Human Rights Watch suggested Afghan government to enforce the Elimination of Violence Against Women law (EVAW) before the end of his term. The paper released by the organization highlighted ...
Violence Against Women is an Endless Process
November 28, 2013 |
She does not have the right to breathe a word regarding her life-partner. She has to live her life, with whom her father finds, by hook or by crook. Stating a word about life-partner puts ...
Talk Less, Feel Safe!
November 28, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
The man looked in great distress and repentance, ‘most awkward condition comes when people give me a slight hint about the sentences that I have said and then ...
Luck or Just Anti-Female Bias?
November 27, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
Why does luck treat so many of us unfairly? Take a hypothetical case about which we have a reasonable good idea. Here is our typical woman: She labors from dawn to dusk in the kitchen but all ...
BSA in Limbo
November 27, 2013 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
President Karzai remains in his position of defiance against the United States over the signing of the bilateral security agreement, which was recently endorsed by the Loya Jirga. To gauge the stance ...
For Best Drivers of the World!
November 27, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
While driving on the roads of Kabul, you need so many other things except knowing the rules of traffic and a watchful mind that should harbor you home safely, and this list is not limited. You ...
Common People, Common Problems!
November 26, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
It is a strange paradox that some problems that don’t affect at all the lives of a common person are so much magnified and highlighted that many other important and absolutely ...
It’s all about JIRGA!
November 25, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
The present and much-debated Loya Jirga is the sixth edition of its kind, being held under the democratic setup headed by President Hamid Karzai. In old times, when tribal leaders had great ...
"Kazakhstan's participation in the development of Afghanistan"
November 25, 2013 | Baz Mohammad Jozjani
Members of the world community and the world's leading countries involved in the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan, taking steps to reorient its policy on the socio- economic ...
How to Counter Narcotics?
November 21, 2013 | Masood Korosh
Days ago, the Ministry of counter narcotics has announced that during 2012, Afghan drug addicts have spent 300 Million dollar. Haroon Rashid Sherzad, deputy to the Ministry, told in a press ...
Loya Jirga: What Lies Ahead for the BSA?
November 19, 2013 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
As thousands of Afghan representatives and elders have gathered in Kabul to participate in the Loya Jirga that is going to discuss a security agreement between Afghanistan and the ...
The Sanctity of Martyrdom
November 19, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
To embrace death unselfishly while preserving one’s beliefs and sacred purposes is martyrdom. It is a holy word. In Arabic, martyrdom is called ‘Shahadat’. Even ...
Forgiveness: A Prophetic Example
November 19, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
The compelling conditions of our time offer human society two paths to choose from. We will either continue past enmities and stereotypes, or we will learn how to live in peaceful ...
Welcome, Taliban
November 18, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
If you open Youtube and search for ‘funny afghan politicians’, large number of videos appear. One of these videos is of a famous Afghan actor who does the mimicry of a large ...