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Economic Development & Security Should Top Afghan Government Agenda for the Year 2019
January 03, 2019 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Fixing problems of a country that has been churning in grinding intrinsic war since last more than forty years is inherently not a task so easy. The body responsible . . .
Taliban: the Main Factor of Stalemate in Afghan Peace Process
January 03, 2019 | Writer: Moh Hidayat / Translator: Moh Zahir Akbari
Few days ago, in Abu Dhabi peace talks, the Taliban group refused to attend the negotiation table with representatives of the Afghan government. When the Security ...
Ministers of Defense and Interior Should Overhaul Afghan Defense and Security Institutions to Match / Defeat Existing Security Challenges
January 01, 2019 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
After their appointment as Minister of Defense and Minister of Interior, both Misters Assadullah Khalid ...
How to Stop Losing the Fight Against Malaria
January 01, 2019 | Andrea Boggio and Colin Ohrt
When it comes to fighting infectious diseases, progress cannot be gauged by the availability of resources; the most important metric is the number of lives saved. By this ...
Uzbekistan Fully Supports Afghan Peace Process
December 31, 2018 | Naiem Karimi
On December 28, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyayev addressed message to Parliament. The head of state dwelled on the priorities and tasks ...
Non-negotiability of Election Red Line
December 31, 2018 | Writer: Moh Hidayat / Translator: Moh Zahir Akbari
According to the latest news spread from the election commission, the presidential election is delayed from the previous time which was set by the commission. It is said that . . .
Recent Reshuffle in the Leadership of Defense & Security Institutions, though belated, is Welcome
December 29, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Appointments of Mr. Assadullah Khalid as Minister of Defense and Mr. Amrullah Saleh as Minister of Interior are welcome signs in the process of the efforts undertaken by Afghan ...
The Bitter Experience of Governmental Paramilitary Militias in Afghanistan
December 29, 2018 | Hamidullah Bamik
Over the course of several decades, Afghans have been suffering from militias who have a wide range of uncontrolled armed forces. These militants include groups that ...
The Jaw-dropping Result of China’s Reform and Opening-up
December 27, 2018 | Hujjatullah Zia
Forty years ago, the third plenary session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China ushered in courageous endeavor of reform and opening-up which ...
US Troop Withdrawals Threaten to Fuel Greater, Potentially Problematic Gulf Assertiveness
December 27, 2018 | Dr. James M. Dorsey
As far as Gulf leaders are concerned, President Donald J. Trump demonstrated with his announced US troop withdrawals from Syria and Afghanistan that his insistence that ...
A Good Neighborhood is a Great Treasure (last Part)
December 26, 2018 | Liu Jinsong
As friendly neighbors connected by mountains and rivers, in the past millennia, China and Afghanistan have enjoyed friendship, mutual trust and mutual help rather than suspicion, dispute ...
We will not Go Back to the Past
December 26, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
The sudden and hasty decision of Donald Trump to withdraw more than half of American troops from Afghanistan provided a hasty and turbulent debate throughout the country...
China Paving the Way for Peace and Development in The Region
December 25, 2018 | Muhammad Zamir Assadi
The second trilateral meeting between China, Pakistan and Afghanistan has reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening their relations, deepening cooperation ...
A Business Model for Sustainability
December 25, 2018 | Paul Polman
In a recent report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that without “rapid and far-reaching” changes to how land, energy, industry, buildings ...
Peace Talks Put US at a Crossroads
December 24, 2018 | Hujjatullah Zia
The US’ abrupt decision for decreasing its military presence in Afghanistan from more than 14,000 troops to about 7,000 is most likely to be the result of its ...
Taliban Continue to Outsmart Afghan Government & the US under the Guise of ‘Peace Talks’ (last part)
December 24, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
People of Afghanistan doubt the intention of Taliban insurgents in the ongoing peace negotiations. They fear balance of flow of things has been tilted towards Pakistan agenda ...
Taliban Continue to Outsmart Afghan Government & the US under the Guise of ‘Peace Talks’
December 23, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
When US and NATO member countries first committed to Afghanistan and sent their armies to establish order and security after they toppled Taliban regime in Kabul, Afghans ...
Reviving Civil Disobedience
December 23, 2018 | Jan-Werner Mueller
With populism and authoritarianism on the rise around the world, there has been considerable talk of “resistance,” especially in the United States...
A Good Neighborhood is a Great Treasure (Part 1)
December 22, 2018 | Liu Jinsong
Many Afghan friends know the Great Wall of China and the famous Chinese saying: He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man. Those who have been there speak ...
Macron’s Misstep Is Europe’s Loss
December 22, 2018 | Dominique Moisi
Are the Yellow Vest protests across France as consequential as the mass rallies of May 1968? It is too soon to say. The revolt has forced French President Emmanuel Macron ...
Taliban’s Unreasonable Bargain is an Obstacle before Fruitful Talks
December 20, 2018 | Hujjatullah Zia
The third meeting between the Taliban and US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has been held in Abu Dhabi with the presence of officials from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE ...
A Life Lived for Human Rights
December 20, 2018 | Aryeh Neier
In her 1993 memoir, The Thaw Generation: Coming of Age in the Post-Stalin Era, Lyudmila Alexeyeva points out that there is no good Russian word for “dissident. . .
Individual Development in Social Life
December 19, 2018 | Dilawar Sherzai
In a tribal setup, family plays a key role. It is the center of the entire social life. In fact, it is considered responsible for all sort of nourishment that a person receives...
Stepped up US Military Posture in the Gulf threatens Indian hopes for Iran’s Chabahar port
December 19, 2018 | James M. Dorsey
The arrival of the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier group in the Gulf to deter Iran from further testing ballistic missiles is likely to dampen Indian hopes that ...
Role of Media in Peace Building
December 18, 2018 | Moh. Sakhi Rezaie
Media can play a vital role in Peace Building in Afghanistan. One of the key issues to be interrogated by media researchers in relation to conflicted societies is the extent ...
The Revolution Europe Needs
December 18, 2018 | Guy Verhofstadt
The spontaneous street protests in Paris over the past month come almost exactly 50 years after the mass revolt of May 1968. But that is not to say the two events are comparable...
The Role of Regional Players in Afghan Peace Process
December 17, 2018 | By: Moh. Salem Naji - Translated By: Moh. Zahir Akbari
As from several decades ago, Afghanistan has been involved in violence and civil war which sometimes has been increasing but sometimes decreasing...
Europe in Disarray
December 17, 2018 | Richard N. Haass
It was not all that long ago – just a few years, as hard as that it is to believe – that Europe appeared to be the part of the world most closely resembling the end-of-history ...
The Consequences of One Decade Negligence of Taliban
December 16, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Undoubtedly, from 2004 to 2014, it was one of the most suitable periods for Taliban to re-growth. The Taliban has so strengthened, during this period, that the Afghan ...
Prospects for US-China Relations in 2019
December 16, 2018 | Kevin Rudd
Throughout 2018, much of Asia has been shaken by the new and increasingly unpredictable dynamics in Sino-American relations. One year ago, US President Donald ...
Distinctive Features of the Japanese Education System
December 15, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Japan’s education system played a central part in Japan’s recovery and rapid economic growth in the decades following the end of World War II...
Trump’s Economic War of Choice
December 15, 2018 | Jim O’Neill
The brewing conflict between the United States and China is typical of zero-sum contests among countries, firms, and individuals. The US is acting under the implicit ...
Effective Factors in Mental Health
December 12, 2018 | Ali Rezayi
There is no agreed definition for mental health or illness. Those who play their role constructively in society are mentally healthy and vice versa...
The Political Roots of Falling Wage Growth
December 12, 2018 | Jayati Ghosh
It’s now official: workers around the world are falling behind. The International Labor Organization’s (ILO) latest Global Wage Report finds that . . .
The Difficulty of Fighting Corruption in Corrupt Structure
December 12, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Celebrating the international anti-corruption day on Monday, the NUG high ranking Officials including the president and vice president emphasized Afghanistan’s . . .