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Terrorism Leads to Growing Rift
March 20, 2017 | Hujjatullah Zia
The recent spike in militancy has triggered a sense of mistrust between Afghan-Pak officials. Following the attack in Lahore and Sehwan, Islamabad claimed that the militants held sanctuaries in...
Where Has All the Water Gone?
March 20, 2017 | Yasmin Siddiqi
We live on a parched planet. Farmers till arid pastureland, and policymakers fret over empty reservoirs, dry rivers, and thirsty cities. And that only scratches the surface – literally – of the...
Today’s Society; Basic Requirements are Missing
March 19, 2017 | 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...
Individuals and Institutions
March 18, 2017 | Dilawar Sherzai
With the evolution of state and politics, there has been a movement from personality-centered structures and setups to the institutional-led structures. A thorough study of...
Terrorism Leads to Growing rift
March 18, 2017 | Hujjatullah Zia
The recent spike in militancy has triggered a sense of mistrust between Afghan-Pak officials. Following the attack in Lahore and Sehwan, Islamabad claimed that the militants held...
Syria’s Conflict Leads to Unabated Sufferings
March 16, 2017 | Hujjatullah Zia
The tragic incidents and heart-wrenching stories make frequent headlines on national and international newspapers and people are affected, all around the globe, by conflict and militancy in...
Basic Requirement
March 15, 2017 | Dilawar Sherzai
Human beings are fortunate that they are blessed with variety of energy resources that have enabled them to live their lives on the planet Earth. It is because of these energy sources that human...
The Unending Conflict of Syria
March 14, 2017 | Hujjatullah Zia
The members of the Security Council looked forward to the early resumption of the intra-Syrian negotiations and encouraged the Syrian parties to return to talks in good faith and to engage...
Parliamentary Elections!
March 13, 2017 | 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...
Ultimate Motive should be to Save Humanity
March 12, 2017 | Dilawar Sherzai
Human beings, in the struggle for their survival, have gone to every possible extreme. They, both individually and in the form of some groups, have proved the Darwin's Theory of "Struggle...
ISIL Continues Militancy
March 11, 2017 | Hujjatullah Zia
Following the deadly attacks in Pakistan, on February 16, which killed and wounded more than two hundred people, the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant(ISIL) carried out...
Women’s Day – Meaningless for Afghan Women
March 09, 2017 | Hujjatullah Zia
The 8th of March was celebrated as International Women’s Day across the world, but does it matter for Afghan women? The rights of women have been a controversial issue and Afghan...
Women can Play A Greater Role in Realizing South Asia’s Potential
March 08, 2017 | Annette Dixon
Roqia Ali is proud to be attending the Daricha-e-Noor or ‘Window of Knowledge” school in Kabul. She aspires to be a doctor and is proud that she is learning to read...
Vulnerability to ISIL’s Toxic Ideology
March 07, 2017 | Hujjatullah Zia
One will be shaken up with the tragic incidents resulted from war and violence. Warring factions play highly destructive role and target civilians and soldiers indiscriminately without...
Socio-economic Progress and Frustration
March 06, 2017 | Dilawar Sherzai
Capitalism has always been in controversy because it has been a class-based system. The presence of three major economic classes in the system has always kept the discussions among the...
Socio-economic Progress and Frustration
March 06, 2017 | Dilawar Sherzai
Capitalism has always been in controversy because it has been a class-based system. The presence of three major economic classes in the system has always kept the discussions among the...
The Deteriorating Diplomatic Ties
March 05, 2017 | Dilawar Sherzai
The weary war against terrorism brought with itself different sorts of influences and impacts on the lives of people in Afghanistan, South Asian region and U.S. in particular and...
Counter-insurgency Mechanism
March 04, 2017 | Hujjatullah Zia
Reeling from the death of Mullah Abdul Salam, the Taliban elements seek to intensify their attacks. A series of suicide attacks have been occurred recently across the country, mainly in...
No Panacea for Bleeding Wounds?
March 02, 2017 | Hujjatullah Zia
The flagrant violation of human rights and dignity is a stain on the collective conscience. Streams of blood have been shed and unmitigated war and violence led to large casualties...
Alternative Politics of Renewal
March 01, 2017 | Yossef Ben-Meir
What does it look like when the local approach to achieving sustainable development projects guides not just how we govern, but is also strategically implemented by candidates to help...
Our Soldiers – Our National Heroes
February 28, 2017 | Hujjatullah Zia
Combating terrorism, Afghan soldiers paid high sacrifices and triggered an outpouring of national grief. Warring factions, mainly the Taliban guerilla fighters, are widely involved in...
Political System is a Dynamic Phenomenon
February 27, 2017 | Dilawar Sherzai
From the very earlier states the nature of political systems was not the same as they are today. Throughout the history of statehood, human beings have experienced different sorts of...
Geneva Talks – A Gleam of Hope
February 26, 2017 | Hujjatullah Zia
Terrorism fills the air with a strong sense of fear. Life has turned cheap everywhere. Bloodcurdling incidents trigger an outpouring of grief and disappointment. Women and...
Alignment of Afghan Women with Women’s March in January
February 25, 2017 | Simin Haidery
Protests during presidential inauguration in United States has been prevalent since inaugural ceremony of President Nixon in 1973. Even during inauguration of Barack Obama back in 2009 there were...
Good Teaching Practices
February 23, 2017 | Saikat Kumar Basu
Teachers teach different subjects in their class rooms or in the laboratories and libraries; conduct exams and class tests, field trips; and even do research works with their students...
Obstacles before Afghan Women
February 23, 2017 | Hujjatullah Zia
Afghan women suffer severe violence and their rights and dignity are violated in some ways. The outpouring of pain and anguish of Afghan women continues and they are still the inferior creature...
Terrorism – A Common Enemy
February 22, 2017 | Hujjatullah Zia
The issue of terrorism has changed into a bone of contention between Kabul and Islamabad and the mutual relations hit rock bottom following the deadly attack in the southern Sindh...
US-Russia Relations under President Trump (Second Part)
February 21, 2017 | Naser Koshan
Both Russia and the US hold the world’s largest nuclear stockpile, any mishaps in dealing with each other potentially alarms catastrophic consequences for the rest of the...
Breaking the Shackles of Interest and Usury (Second Part)
February 21, 2017 | Dr. Faisal Ali
The major religions of the world deplore, condemn and prohibit interest in all its forms. The Manu Smriti of Hinduism categorically expresses sentiments for contempt of usury in chapter...
US-Russia Relations under President Trump
February 20, 2017 | Naser Koshan
Though US president Trump and Russian president Putin have not met officially, but the bromance between the two is already the talk of the town as much as it is a myth considering the...
Breaking the Shackles of Interest and Usury
February 20, 2017 | Dr. Faisal Ali
Interest is the pillar of Fractional Reserve Banking which is contrary to the philanthropic objectives intended for beating the extremities of poverty and the creation of dignified...
Will The Blame Game Mitigate Challenges?
February 19, 2017 | Hujjatullah Zia
Following the Thursday’s suicide bombing in the southern Sindh province, which killed and wounded hundreds of people, Pakistani officials lashed out at Afghanistan stating...
A Turbulent Year for Kabul and Islamabad
February 18, 2017 | Hujjatullah Zia
Terrorist networks have inflicted indescribable sufferings upon Afghan and Pakistani nations and the cul-de-sac of peace talks was not brokered within the past political debates...
What is the key factor to economic development?
February 16, 2017 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
According to World Bank estimates, the economic outlook for the coming years are not very hopeful; The World Bank estimates that Afghanistan’s growth rate is going to marginally...
The Unmitigated Violation of Human Rights
February 16, 2017 | Hujjatullah Zia
"Modern man has brought this whole world to an awe-inspiring threshold of the future. He has reached new and astonishing peaks of scientific success. He has produced machines...