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Deprived of Culture and Traditions
March 12, 2013 | Muhammad 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 ...
Women, the future of Afghanistan
March 12, 2013 | Vygaudas Usackas
Every year on March 8 we observe international women’s day. It is wonderful to see that in over 100 years since women’s day was first observed in 1909, immense progress has ...
The Nuclear Dilemma
March 11, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
According to the news reports North Korea threatened the United States on Thursday with a pre-emptive nuclear strike and has scrapped the armistice with Washington that ended hostilities in the 1950-53 ...
Motherland Forgotten!
March 11, 2013 | AsmatYari
It is a natural instinct that men love the place where he gets birth and where he is brought up. It is one of the noblest passions of human nature. The love of country is natural and essential for everyone. Man ...
Man is a Citizen by Nature
March 10, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
Ibn Khaldun, the great North African thinker and philosopher believed that the state has its foundation on one of the two great moral principles; the sense of Oneness or Group Mind, Asabiya and ...
Stings of the Past
March 10, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
A man was living in a flat which was owned by a rich and old lady. She used to live all alone and had no one in the world. Although she was alone and was mostly ill, she was always found to ...
The Right to Life is the Right to Live
March 10, 2013 | Abdul Samad Haidari
With decades of struggle and devotion, today it seems interesting to note that how certain social and political movements of women take on colorful dimensions in a country where ...
Functions of the State
March 09, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
While living in a state, the people expect and expect rightly that they should be provided their basic requirements of life by the state and the government. In the modern concept of ...
Sustainable Solutions for Poppy Cultivation!
March 09, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
In summer, when the weather becomes hot and silence prevails on the road, it becomes quite dangerous to travel from Kandahar to Helmand. As you come out of Kandahar, there start beautiful sights ...
If Educators to Educate
March 09, 2013 | 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 athletic, creative, and ...
Women – The Victims of Discrimination
March 07, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
Tomorrow, i.e. March 08 is celebrated as a Women Day throughout the world so as to highlight the discriminatory behavior towards women and make the world change their attitude towards ...
Accountability Elementary to Prosperous Afghanistan
March 07, 2013 | Asmatryari
Subsequent to Tokyo Conference a declaration was signed on July 8, 2012. The donors of the Conference agreed to provide a very large amount of civilian aid to Afghanistan ($16 billion over four years, ...
An Actual Change
March 07, 2013 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
After a long war of three decades, flowers of hope blossomed all around and thus many people returned to their homeland with a hope of peace, prosperity and honor and dignity of living in one’s own ...
Population Census and Afghanistan
March 06, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
Population census is the official enumeration of a country's total number of people. It includes not only numbering of the people but also certain attributes attached to ...
Perceptions of Electoral Process
March 06, 2013 | Abbas Daiyar
The US Institute of Peace has published two important papers on Afghanistan in the past week. Afghan Perceptions of the Electoral Process is one of them that cover wide range of issues related to ...
The Stretchy Antagonism over Nuclear Program
March 06, 2013 | Masood Korosh
US vice President Joe Biden once again shed light on the position of his country regarding Tehran’s nuclear program. He made it clear that a nuclear-armed Iran was not acceptable at all ...
Concerns Regarding Access to Justice
Tuesday March 05 | Dilawar Sherzai
There are serious concerns regarding human rights in Afghanistan and their proper protection. A law and order system based on true justice can really support Afghanistan to a large extent in this ...
Unwelcomed Company
Tuesday March 05 | 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 an hour ...
Internet, a Blessing of God for Taliban
Tuesday March 05 | Mohd. Ahsan
Taliban have changed with the change in the ways of communication. It has somehow tried to cope with the technological change taking place at the global level. Taliban that have ...
Widening Gap between Rich and Poor
March 04, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
The social and political changes in Afghanistan, in the post-Taliban scenario, have been able to cast diverse effects on Afghan society. Among different changes the stratification of ...
Perceptions of Engaged, Influential Afghans
March 04, 2013 | Abbas Daiyar
Omar Samad, former Afghan Ambassador to France and Canada has a survey analysis paper for the US Institute of Peace. Titled Perceptions of Politically Engaged, Influential Afghans on the ...
Enlightenment Brings Magnificence!
March 04, 2013 | Asmatyari
The Taliban regime demonstrated atrocities, world eye witnessed; women were regarded third class citizens, the foreigners were considered infidels, and Jihad was legalized ...
Economic Inequality and Liberty
March 03, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
The societies and states that have been formed in today’s world, though have evolved with the passage of time, still possess dominant shortcomings. These shortcomings if not met on time, the ...
A Quest for the Truth
March 03, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
This story has been mentioned in all the authentic books of Ahadith. Once, our Holy Prophet (PBUH) was returning from somewhere with one of our Holy Mothers (May Allah be pleased with them). In the ...
Our Success in Curbing Narcotics
March 03, 2013 | Abbas Daiyar
According to the recent calculations and estimates Afghanistan produces about 90% of world poppy cultivation. Officials have been saying, the massive income from heroin finances Taliban ...
Al-Farabi on Society and Happiness
March 02, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi, known in the West as Alpharabius, was a Muslim polymath and one of the greatest scientists and philosophers of Persia and the Islamic world in his time (late 9th and early 10th century). He was also a cosmologist, logician, ...
Filling the Gaps
March 02, 2013 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
A man was walking on the road that suddenly a car came like a violent and angry camel and hit and threw him away. The car driver slowed down for a while and the next moment, he found it safe to ...
Fundamentals of Good Governance
March 02, 2013 | Asmatyari
Since the dawn of civilization man has been striving hard to manage his affairs systematically. The desire to become systematic to the point and precise has led human being to develop variety of ...
Educational Developments in Afghanistan
February 28, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
History has been the witness to the fact that the people who have pursued education with complete devotion and dedication have been able to make remarkable development and progress. It ...
Afghanistan’s “Resource Curse” Problem
February 28, 2013 | Mehdi Rezaie
It is Bamiyan in the central highlands of Afghanistan and the beautiful panorama of serene views all around is spectacular. If you climb a few hundred meters to the top of the hill that has the ...
Women Rights Should not be Compromised
February 28, 2013 | Abdul Samad Haidari
Perhaps women could never enjoy the freedom of owning human rights in Afghanistan under the rule of Taliban unless they were overthrown from their cruel position. With daily news clippings and videos ...
Wars – Are They Necessary?
February 27, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
Wars have always played a dominant role in human societies, if not positive all the times. There are many people in the world who consider that wars are necessary, though wars bring a lot of miseries with them. They even go to the extreme by calling them as a ...
An Unending War
February 27, 2013 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
Until a man is in authority and commanding his desires, he appears to be very strong. It is then he is able to experience those qualities which are only bestowed to him and which win him ...
Tolerance Begets Pluralism
February 27, 2013 | Asmatyari
Tolerance means accepting and valuing differences between people, appreciating that these differences enrich them. Tolerance acknowledges the vastness of reality and cherishes the many human ...
Destiny of the Displaced Souls
February 26, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai
The plight of Afghan refugees continues in some way or the other. Every now and then there are news reports that reveal the misfortunes and discriminations they face in certain ways away from their homes. According to news reports on Sunday, February ...