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Not Bending the Head
October 08, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
A few days before, I was in a public taxi with four more passengers. On the way, passengers kept stepping down the taxi and in the end; only one passenger was left with me. Then he also stepped ...
Diseases and Reactions to Them
October 07, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
It is natural that every human being gets sick. Getting sick is the evidence that there are imperfections in human physiology, and the systems and the organs functioning in human body have to face ...
From the Old to the New
October 07, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
Four to five decades before, the procedures followed in offices were totally different from what we see in practice in present day organizations. Most of the works were manual and ...
Progress Made, But Still No Clear Signing Date for BSA: Spanta
October 07, 2013 |
KABUL - Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta, the National Security Advisor to President Hamid Karzai, in an exclusive interview with TOLOnews on Sunday said that the government has not yet decided on a fixed ...
Afghan-US Negotiations Deadlock
October 06, 2013 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
Negotiations between Afghanistan and the United States over a Bilateral Security Agreement have reached to a crucial stage as the two sides are wrangling over some key terms of the pact that would ...
Hope and Certainty
October 06, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
Our introduction and association with hopelessness is as old as our miseries. There were days when our streets were bright, our gardens were full of fruit-bearing trees, our days were calm and our ...
Are US and Iran Gearing up for a Patch up?
October 06, 2013 | Manish Raiis
United States and Iran continued to scale down 35 years of hostility between the two nations despite both the sides being skeptical of each other. But efforts are being put from both the ...
Society and Culture
October 05, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
The hustle and bustle of modernity and technology caused tremendous changes in societies and lifestyles. The cultural values and norms are in the process of great changes all over ...
From Bottom to the Top
October 05, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
Today, the article will start with a story from one of the famous books of Urdu literature, ‘Zaavia’. The writer, Ishfaq Ahmad writes that his niece was a very energetic girl who ...
Crimes, Individuals and Society
October 03, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
An individual, living in a society, has to be influenced by society and at the same time influences it. The interaction between the individual and society is very much interesting. A large ...
The Effects of Globalization
October 03, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
Globalization is an inevitable phenomenon which affects social and personal life tremendously. The role of conservative traditions is on wane, and time-honored customs and values are debilitated greatly by ...
Horrifying and pleasing faces!
October 03, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
Outside, the air was cold, but inside the room, a heater was burning slowly at a corner, giving all a pleasant feeling. We had just finished a very delicious dinner and now tea was being ...
Women through the Process of Change
October 02, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
Human societies change and with them so many aspects, processes, institutions and strata change that are in those societies. These changes are inevitable and are bound to occur. Therefore, they are ...
Child Marriages
October 02, 2013 | Masood Korosh
Early and forced marriages have accompanied Afghans since centuries and it seems like that this bad practice would continue to persist for longer periods of time in Afghanistan. It has been ...
Remembering War Victims
October 01, 2013 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
On Monday, the government and the people of Afghanistan began a two-day nationwide mourning in the capital and across the country for remembering thousands of the Afghans killed or ...
Election – A Door towards Democracy
October 01, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
Election is a democratic movement which makes a significant landmark in a community. The citizens, who have been marginalized to decide on political issues, are supposed to play their vital roles in electing ...
Knowledge, Learning and Hidden Wisdom
October 01, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
Many of my readers complain that I have become too much pessimistic and the depression of militancy, bloodshed and killings of our countrymen have too much affected my mind and writings, and ...
Women through the Process of Change
September 30, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
Human societies change and with them so many aspects, processes, institutions and strata change that are in those societies. These changes are inevitable and are bound to occur. Therefore, they are ...
Terrorist – a Great Challenge
September 30, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
Following a deadly attack outside a church in the Pakistani city of Peshawar which left more than two hundreds dead and wounded behind; another bloody incident happened, which led to ...
Celebrated Differences Generate Harmony
September 30, 2013 | Asmatyari
Inter and intra-religious conflicts have had served one of greatest cause of human butchery, history records. Undoubtedly, the politicization and exploitation of religion was preliminary ...
Egoistic or Altruistic Suicide?
September 29, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
The graph of committing suicide is on rise amongst our younger generation including male and female. There is no doubt that social facts are the factors which pressurize them mentally that may lead to ...
Journey, People and Inspirations
September 29, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
The bus is moving forward, leaving behind the distances and destinations. Outside the window, houses, bushes, trees and at times people pass by, leaving behind their memories. Inside, there is the ...
Cliff-Headed Move
September 29, 2013 | Masood Korosh
A horrendous suicide bombing that targeted minority Christian community in Pakistan once again set the religious intolerance on air. Armed men wearing police uniforms shot at innocent worshipers ...
China’s Role in Post-NATO Afghanistan
September 28, 2013 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
While NATO and the US forces are preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan, the government of Afghanistan is increasingly interested in expanding relations with regional powers such as ...
Suicides, Secularism and Atheism
September 28, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
On Saturday, September 21, the Westgate shopping mall in Kenyan capital of Nairobi was attacked by gunmen of an Islamist military group by name of ‘Al-Shabab.’ Armed men ....
I Am an Afghan Child
September 26, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
On a burning day, his face was saturated with sweat, his disheveled hair; messy clothes with patches on them and exhausted expression on his face were the displays of his poverty and ...
Wearying Eyes in Pursuit of Baradar’s Steps
September 26, 2013 | Jawad Kankash
After constant calls for the release of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the ex-second in command of Taliban militants, finally Islamabad officials decided to set him free. Last week, Sartaj ...
Will Talks with Pakistani Taliban Work?
September 25, 2013 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
Since the joint meeting of Pakistan’s government, military officials and all major political parties of the country approved talks with the Pakistani Taliban, the militant groups ...
Pen is mightier than sword
September 25, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
In the face of all sorrow touching my heart and sob catching in my throat, the tears of happiness sparkle in my eyes and I beam a smile in the glimmer of hope when I put pen to paper. The blood ...
Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire
September 24, 2013 | Hujjatullah Zia
In retrospect, the conflagration and massacre of the dark days of war by Taliban’s regime will never fade into oblivion. Afghan people recoil with fear and hatred whenever the sad memories of the ...
The Worth of Money
September 24, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
Today’s world is highly dependent on money. It is very difficult to live alive without money as the socio-economic system developed by human beings has money at its center. Therefore, it is ...
Incompetent Leaders and Bosses
September 24, 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 these problems. Many people face a number of problems in their ...
What Can Mullah Baradar Do for Peace?
September 23, 2013 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
After flurry of diplomatic moves in recent weeks, Pakistan released Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the co-founder of the Taliban and ex-right-hand man to the Taliban leader Mullah Omar. Mullah Baradar, who was arrested in 2010, is believed to be highly ...
The Have’s and Have-not’s
September 23, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
Though human beings require different types of needs in their lives, the needs to live alive are the most basic and important ones. These include food, cloth and shelter. Provided with these ...
Russia Needs to Satisfy US on its Political Leaning
September 23, 2013 | Farman Nawaz
Today the way Mr. Putin is trying to save Syria is the result of unwanted expediency of Russia in the past. This expected blatant aggression or pose of aggression of US against Syria could be ...