Home » Opinion
The Lagging Electoral Preparations
June 01, 2016 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
Among many shortcomings and failures, Government failed to deliver the electoral reforms and lead the preparations for the upcoming parliamentary and provincial council elections...
Crying for the Moon
May 31, 2016 | Hujjatullah Zia
The death of the Taliban’s leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed in US drone strike in the Dalbandin area of Balochistan on May 21, makes headlines on national and international...
Republicans Ride the Trump Tiger
May 31, 2016 | Theda Skocpol
During a typical week in late May, Donald J. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for the US presidency, grabbed headlines yet again. He declared a popular former...
Democracy in India
May 30, 2016 | Hujjatullah Zia
To define democracy, It is believed that liberalism is the foundation stone of democracy and the view of John Locke, the 17-century philosopher who is credited with founding...
Will the Taliban Change Direction?
May 29, 2016 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
The Taliban managed to promptly resolve the group’s leadership succession by choosing Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada as the replacement to Mullah Mansoor who was killed in...
A Proposal For Joint Conservation Initiatives (JCI) Between South and South East Asia
May 29, 2016 | Saikat Kumar Basu
The recent report on sad demise of peacocks and other birds in Myanmar calls for close cooperation in wildlife and forest conservation between adjacent nations in South...
Challenges Ahead of Democracy
May 28, 2016 | Hujjatullah Zia
Exercising one’s rights and freedom is highly essential in a democratic country. People’s natural and inviolable rights and dignity have to be protected on the basis...
Nature’s Answer to Climate Risk
May 28, 2016 | Maria Damanaki
Nearly half the world’s population – some 3.5 billion people – lives near coasts. As climate change exacerbates the effects of storms, flooding, and erosion, the lives...
The Complication of Peace Process
May 26, 2016 | Hujjatullah Zia
Ten people were reportedly killed in a suicide attack in Kabul on Wednesday. The suicide bomber struck a vehicle carrying court employees in the morning rush hour in western part...
Can Burning Elephant Tusks Help In Protecting African and Asiatic Elephants?
May 26, 2016 | Saikat Kumar Basu
Recently the Kenyan government has decided to burn huge quantities elephant tusks that they have confiscated over decades to send a strong message to the international ivory trade...
“Promoting Visit” to Deepen Friendship Between China and Afghanistan
May 25, 2016 | Yao Jing
At the invitation of Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Dr. Abdullah Abdullah...
The Aftermaths of Mullah Mansoor’s Killing
May 25, 2016 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
Mullah Mansoor's death came as profoundly unexpected for all parties involved in the conflict in Afghanistan. The new Taliban leader was doing well in consolidating his power within...
The Impact of Mansour’s Death on Peace Talks
May 24, 2016 | Hujjatullah Zia
With the revelation of Mullah Omar’s death, a gap emerged between the Taliban’s splinter groups and appointment of Mullah Akhtar Mansour, on July 2015, as the...
Afghan Peace Process After Mullah Mansoor!
May 24, 2016 | Ahmad Shah Karimi
Mullah Mansoor was born in a small village in the Maiwand district of Kandahar, a southern province of Afghanistan that shares border with Pakistan’s south-western Baluchistan...
Bringing the Caspian Tiger Back to Life
May 23, 2016 | Saikat Kumar Basu and Peiman Zandi
The global tiger conservation efforts has recently received a big boost with significant rise in tiger populations in the Russian Far East (Amur subspecies), the Indian subcontinent...
How to build Self-Confidence?
May 23, 2016 | Ahmad Shah Karimi
Self-confidence essentially is the belief in one’s ability to succeed despite the odds, difficulties and adversities. It is the talent to cope with one’s limitation...
Ideological Differences Facilitate Militancy
May 22, 2016 | Hujjatullah Zia
Insurgency stems from ideological differences and people fall victim to violence and bloodshed on the grounds of their racial, sexual and sectarian backgrounds. One, who happens...
Toward a Viable Climate Target
May 22, 2016 | Oliver Geden
Last December in Paris, 195 governments reached a consensus on how to curb climate change over the coming decades. But, as usual when it comes to the United Nations, the deal that was...
The “Light Movement” Supporters in Kabul
May 21, 2016 | Ahmad Shah Karimi
The demonstration that was held on May 16, 2016 in Kabul was on changing the route of 500KV electricity (power line) from Salang route to Bamyan. The demonstration had many reflections...
Seeking Peace to Support Democracy
May 19, 2016 | Hujjatullah Zia
Amid concerns about escalation in militancy and civilian casualties, peace talks still make headlines on national and international newspapers. The post-Taliban Afghanistan...
Student Stage and Its Importance in Our Life
May 19, 2016 | Ahmad Shah Karimi
The supreme value of the student period is incalculable. Student life is the most precious life. The way in which you utilize this period will decide future. Your happiness, your...
Civilians casualty!
May 18, 2016 | Dilawar Sherzai
Since last couple of months incidents in Afghanistan clearly showed that the lives of the civilians are in jeopardy and according to reports the Taliban are mainly responsible...
The Return of Yellow Fever
May 18, 2016 | Melvin Sanicas
Before the horrors of the latest Ebola outbreak in West Africa could even begin to fade from our minds, the Zika virus emerged as a major global health risk, and is now occupying...
Improving Governance in the Arab World
May 17, 2016 | Marwan Muasher
A recent survey of 100 Arab thought leaders conducted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace revealed a sweeping consensus about what underlies many of the region...
How A Healthy Environment can Impact Our Lives?
May 17, 2016 | Ahmad Shah Karimi
Environment is a place in which people live their lives, so its cleanliness and good weather would be considered a huge advantage for people since they are busy in different...
What it Takes to Bring Peace?
May 16, 2016 | Ahmad Shah Karimi
Peace is a source of comfort, freedom, education, success, happiness and above all the welfare of the people. With the help of peace a society can improve and its people can...
Monopoly’s New Era
May 16, 2016 | Joseph E. Stiglitz
For 200 years, there have been two schools of thought about what determines the distribution of income – and how the economy functions. One, emanating from Adam Smith and nineteenth...
Lawbreaking – A Common Practice
May 15, 2016 | Hujjatullah Zia
Man is entitled to live a free and dignified life without barriers to hamper his liberty. He has the right to express his thoughts and beliefs. Whenever the public find one...
Afghanistan’s Main Concerns
May 15, 2016 | Dilawar Sherzai
Insecurity in Afghanistan is not the only trouble for the common people. There are many other problems as well that haunt their lives and make them miserable. Some of the problems...
The London Anti-Corruption Summit
May 14, 2016 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
President Ashraf Ghani is in London to attend a key international summit on corruption. Afghanistan is described as one of the most corrupt nations in the world with hundreds of millions...
Harnessing the Genomics Revolution
May 14, 2016 | Gerardo Jimenez-Sanchez
Just 13 years after the successful completion of the Human Genome Project, the power of genomics applications to spur innovation is already becoming apparent. Indeed, though....
Will London Anti-Corruption Summit Decrease Corruption in Afghanistan?
May 12, 2016 | Hujjatullah Zia
Corruption poses a serious threat to Afghanistan’s nation-building and development agenda. Over the years, it has increased dramatically and emerged as one of the biggest...
Why Renewables are Not Enough
May 12, 2016 | Ajay Mathur and Adair Turner
At the United Nations in New York on April 22, world leaders ratified the global climate agreement reached in Paris last December. One hundred ninety-five countries, ranging from...
Safeguarding the Constitution!
May 11, 2016 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
A study by Afghanistan’s Freedom House has found that the Afghan constitution has been persistently violated by all the three main branches of the state during past over...
Seeking Peace in the Midst of Violence?
May 11, 2016 | Hujjatullah Zia
The Taliban insurgents have intensified their attacks after refusing the peace talks and an increase in civilian casualties continues unabated. The fatal attack in Kabul a...