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Strong Foundation to Real Democracy!
October 08, 2015 | Asmatyari
Formerly, Taliban launched storming attack on Kunduz province. Following the attack, the northern city fell to Taliban –one of the major urban areas for the first time...
We Need A Teacher More Than Ever!
October 07, 2015 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
On the occasion of this teachers’ day, I badly felt the need of a teacher for myself and for almost everyone around me. Of the many attributes of a teacher, the most important...
Managing Europe’s Perfect Storm
October 07, 2015 | Richard N. Haass
The Chinese often point out that in their language the character for crisis and opportunity are one and the same. But, while it is indeed true that crisis and opportunity...
We Love All the Afghans!
October 06, 2015 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
With every remark, every tweet, every post and every argument, I feel as if someone hits a blow to my heart and pain and disappointment engulfs me. It is such painful...
ISIL Poses a Threat to Afghanistan
October 06, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
The self-styled Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL) poses a threat to Afghanistan as it has ushered in practicing their fundamental ideology – i.e. imposing strict rules...
Insightful Tribute to Great Teachers!
October 05, 2015 | Asmatyari
A Great teacher shows qualities such as patience, kindness, flexibility, resourcefulness, tolerance and open-mindedness. He/she also has a good sense of humor and is honest...
Ruling the World with Non-Violence and Love
October 05, 2015 | Dilawar Sherzai
Since 2007, according to the United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/61/1271, 2nd of October is celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence. This day is also...
The Scandal and Tragedy in Kunduz
October 04, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
Human rights and dignity are violated to a great extent in the Taliban dominated areas. Life is highly cheap and the rights to liberty and property are trampled upon...
Should Facebook be banned in Afghanistan?
October 04, 2015 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
Since last couple of days that are rumors about banning Facebook in Afghanistan. Many politicians who are being strictly criticized by public are of the view that Facebook...
Refugees Deserve the Support of International Community!
October 03, 2015 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
The miseries and sufferings of refugees continue and world powers especially, the European Union has to come up with a unanimous decision in this regard. Thanks...
Violence Turning An Overriding Phenomena
October 03, 2015 | Asmatyari
Getting a directive and order done by a person physically or mentally inferior through use of force is the optimum strategy pursued by quiet a handsome number...
International Day of Older Persons (1 October)
October 01, 2015 | Shamshad Akhtar
Just a few decades ago, the population of the Asia-Pacific region was dominated by the young. Now, as birth rates have dropped and life expectancies improved, the population...
Insecurity Persists
October 01, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
With the declaration of spring offensive, the Taliban insurgents make heavy inroads into Afghanistan – which undermine the nascent democracy and sow the seeds of mistrust...
Taliban Regaining Reign!
September 30, 2015 | Asmatyari
It was the third quarter of night. The city was seemingly ruled by darkened widespread darkness. The people should have fallen asleep hours ago and might have been...
ISIS – A Poisonous being
September 30, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
The self-proclaimed Islamic State burst on to the international scene in 2014 when it seized large swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq. It has become notorious...
Flocking to Foreign Countries
September 29, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
Our village has gone into a deep silence and my childhood playmates are either in international camps or the citizens of foreign countries such as Europe and Australia...
Refugees and Reform in Europe
September 29, 2015 | Mohamed A. El-Erian
There is a simple truth beneath the growing human tragedy of Europe’s refugee crisis, and the European Union cannot address the massive influx of exhausted, desperate...
The Responsibilities of the “People”
September 28, 2015 | Dilawar Sherzai
Man is called a social animal for he cannot live his life alone; rather he lives in a society with the gathering of some other humans. As he is not perfect, he needs...
Rebuilding the Asylum System
September 28, 2015 | George Soros
The European Union needs to accept responsibility for the lack of a common asylum policy, which has transformed this year’s growing influx of refugees from a manageable...
The Changing Nature of a Political System
September 27, 2015 | Dilawar Sherzai
A political system is established within a state so as to safeguard the rights of its people and solve the socio-political issues that may hamper the better life...
Making Persuasive Transfer of Idea Possible
September 27, 2015 | Asmatyari
Man is entitled to be a social animal, not because of his ability to socialize but because of his aptitude to sense other’s need based sentiment, properly coordinate...
Peace Comes Via Harmonious Co-Existence!
September 22, 2015 | Asmatyari
Since antiquity man has strived for political, economical and cultural dominance over his fellow man. On emergence of nations states, rivalries transformed into...
Afghanistan as Bridge in Transferring ISIS to Central Asia
September 22, 2015 | Mahdi Munadi
Death of Mullah Omar, the leader of Taliban and possible increase of divergence among his followers, especially between Akhtar Mohammad and son of Mullah Omar...
No Room for Peace Talk
September 21, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
The nascent democracy is unlikely to be a panacea for the Afghans’ bleeding wounds. There is a sense of mistrust in the air and our nation suffers from relentless...
Zero Tolerance Against Terrorism!
September 21, 2015 | Asmatyari
It is said that Daesh’s quest for establishing Islamic Emirate has earned it adherents in Muslims countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan. Finding the tale...
Afghan Women – The Victim of Patriarchy
September 19, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
A man has been charged with raping his 15-year-old daughter – who is now pregnant and under medical care in Jawzjan province – local news report. Police criminal...
Economic Arena and Destiny of the Nation
September 19, 2015 | Dr. Faisal Ali
Pakistan has experienced several economic cataclysms since her inception as a country on the map of the world in 1947. Inheriting chiefly a biomass-based economy...
Why is Europe Attracting Migrants?
September 17, 2015 | Asmatyari
He seemed a child of around three years old shown lying on the beach facing down in the surf. It appeared as if he was to revitalize the partial water current passing...
The Climate is Changing Faster
September 17, 2015 | Edriss Naseri
It took more than 20 years to broadly accept that mankind is causing global warming with the emission of greenhouse gases. The drastic increase in the emission of CO2...
The Growing Rift between Warring Parties
September 16, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
Despite rivalries between the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Qaeda network, Ayman al-Zawahri, the Egyptian doctor who replaced Osama bin Laden as...
Syria a Dying Nation
September 16, 2015 | Manish Rai
Now after more than four years after it began, the full-blown civil war that developed in Syria has killed over 250,000 people, half of them civilians. In addition the UN estimates...
Discriminating Against Women Keeps Countries Poorer
September 15, 2015 | Sri Mulyani Indrawati
In 100 countries around the world, women are barred from doing certain work solely because they are women. Over 150 countries have at least one law that...
Educational Central to Nations’ Prominence
September 15, 2015 | Asmatyari
The role of education for the joint uplift of a nation is irrefutably central. The collective socioeconomic and political advances of a nation are determined by the degree...
Debilitating Security Arrangements
September 14, 2015 | Dilawar Sherzai
The facts and figures reveal that the security situation in Afghanistan is not getting better. With each passing day, there are more security threats and the level of...
Article of Peace and Security Endure Negation
September 14, 2015 | Asmatyari
It was theatrical style killing –a group of armed men on a highway intercepted a local carriage, singled out 13 passengers, lined them up and shot them dead on vital organs...