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Small and Medium Enterprises
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August 20, 2015 | Mohammad Rezaie
Afghanistan’s economy deserves to occupy the top of the agenda of the international community. Afghanistan along with the security and military transition that is in the offing also ....
The Menace of Unemployment
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August 18, 2015 | Dilawar Sherzai
The menace of unemployment is influencing almost every province of Afghanistan. Though Afghanistan has a very young population, which means that it has great potentials that can ...
The Heightened War Efforts in the North
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August 18, 2015 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
The intensive anti-insurgency campaign going on in the northern provinces of the country by the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) is emerging to be successful in repelling ...
China’s Commitment to Afghanistan
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August 17, 2015 | Dilawar Sherzai
In post withdrawal Afghanistan, one of the countries that can play the most important and supportive role is People’ Republic of China. China, being the strongest of the countries ...
Afghan-Pak Tension Resurfaces
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August 17, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
A sense of mistrust has resurfaced between Kabul and Islamabad following the heavy attacks in Shah Shaheed on Friday, August 07, 2015. Addressing a press conference on Monday,...
Fallacious Approach Earned us Tribulations!
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August 16, 2015 | Asmatyari
The fulfillment of responsibilities stands out as a significant undertaking that leave a person execute a task on prior most order. The type and quality of assignments foreseeing ...
The Worrisome Rise of Kidnapping Civilians
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August 16, 2015 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
The increasing trend of abduction of civilian passengers in highways is one of the indicators of the deterioration of the overall security situation in the country. The phenomenon is ...
Indian-Afghan Friendship
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August 15, 2015 | Dilawar Sherzai
15th August is the day when India celebrates its Independence Day. On the same day, in 1947, it got completely free from the control of the British Empire as a result of partition of Indian ...
China-Pak Economic Corridor: Benefits for Afghanistan
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August 15, 2015 | Akhtar Munir
China-Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a comprehensive development programme which would play a crucial role in improving the economic and strategic environment of the...
The Fate of Afghanistan’s Peace Process
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August 13, 2015 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
With the recent developments in Taliban’s leadership and the deadly attacks targeting Kabul, the prospect of Afghanistan’s peace process is facing an uncertain future...
Mullah Mansoor’s Legitimacy is Under Question
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August 13, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
Rendering legitimacy to the Taliban’s newly designated leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor seems a highly controversial issue amongst the Taliban. Mullah Omar’s family, including his ...
Soaring Violence Downed Taliban’s Standing
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August 12, 2015 | Asmatyari
Seeing at the magnitude of aggression wreaked by violence-mongers, we find barbarism an overriding element of our society. The strength anti-state elements have acquired marks the state ...
The Challenges of the Afghan Judicial System
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August 12, 2015 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
In the current institutional development efforts going on in Afghanistan, reforming the Afghan judicial system is considered as a key component of the state-building process in the country. ...
Taliban’s Ambiguous Policy
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August 11, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
The Taliban militants are wreaking record-breaking casualties on the Afghan civilians and security forces. As predicted, Afghan policemen are surrendering in hordes after the withdrawal ...
The Persistent Rise of Civilian Casualties
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August 10, 2015 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
In a recent report, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has said that civilian casualties in Afghanistan have had an “unprecedented increase” ...
The Curse of Poverty
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August 10, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
One will be taken aback by seeing the vagrant and homeless, sleeping at nights in open space of Pole Sokhta in Kabul City. They live in social isolation, ...
Changes in a Political System
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August 08, 2015 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
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 opportunities. If a system ..
Afghan Children
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August 08, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
On a burning day, his face was saturated with sweat, his disheveled hair; messy clothes with patches on them and exhausted expression on his face were the displays of his ...
The Taliban’s Crisis of Leadership
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August 06, 2015 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
After announcement of Mullah Omar’s death, everyone perhaps agreed that the transition in leadership of the Taliban would profoundly impact the Taliban. However, few were ...
The Rift between Taliban Toughens Peace Talks
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August 06, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
The Taliban are wrestling with formidable challenges and the rift emerging over the election of Mullah Omar’s successor is highly serious. A number of Taliban’s top leaders plus ...
Imperiled Human Lives!
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August 05, 2015 | Asmatyari
Having been misled or exploited in the name of forged ideologies, religion, vested interest man has gone mad to butcher hundreds and thousands of innocence lives. Or the ...
Benefits of Afghanistan’s Accession to the WTO
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August 05, 2015 | Waliullah Zadran
Afghanistan a least-developed country and landlocked economy is yet to become a Member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Afghanistan has currently Observer Status and will be granted ...
The Persisting Security Challenges in the North
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August 04, 2015 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
The intensive anti-insurgency operation in the north is becoming a protracted campaign against the insurgent groups in a large swath of the country, eroding the government’s ...
Violation of Right to Freedom
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August 04, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
The vulnerability of right to freedom is certain in our society. One’s liberty is curtailed to a large extent and instability poses a serious threat to individuals’ life. ..
Mullah Omar’s Death: What Lies ahead for Taliban?
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August 03, 2015 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
The Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan entered a new phase of its history as the group has picked Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor as replacement for its deceased charismatic leader ...
Parenthood and Social Evils
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August 03, 2015 | Dilawar Sherzai
It can be easily observed in our society that whenever a person does something wrong, his parents are blamed for it, his family background is held responsible and the nourishment and ...
Can Mansoor Fill Mullah Omar’s Vacuum?
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August 02, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
The leadership of the Islamic Emirate and the family of Mullah Omar... announce that leader Mullah Omar died due to a sickness,” a Pakistani newspaper has cited a Taliban ...
Furnishing Youth with Contemporary Resources
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August 02, 2015 | Asmatyari
Childhood is the most innocent stage in a human life. It can be classified into early teen and late teenage –those in their late teens are said youth and early teens are called children....
Furnishing Youth with Contemporary Resources
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August 01, 2015 | Asmatyari
Childhood is the most innocent stage in a human life. It can be classified into early teen and late teenage –those in their late teens are said youth and early teens are called children....
Fundamentalism
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August 01, 2015 | Dilawar Sherzai
There are different ways of perceiving a religion, or it would be better to say that there are different degrees of perceiving a religion. There are people who strictly adhere to ...
Mullah Omar’s Demise Instigates Endless Internal Strife!
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July 30, 2015 | Asmatyari
Afghanistan has been a battle ground for over a century between regional and international power players, exercising their desired interests. Following the Soviet withdrawal in 1989 ...
An Infertile Land for Democracy
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July 30, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
In some forms, democracy can be exercised directly by the people, in large cities; it is by the people through their elected agents. Or in the memorable phrase of Abraham Lincoln, ....
The Shadow of Taliban Leader on Peace Process
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July 09, 2015 | Abdul Ahad Bahrami
The role of the Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar in Taliban leadership and the ongoing peace process has always been ambiguous. The Taliban leader, whose leadership was surrounded ...
Ceaseless Violence Exercised to Confiscate Power!!
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July 29, 2015 | Asmatyari
Previously, Eid festivity was observed here across the Muslim world. Generally Lesser Eid is regarded as the festival of breaking of the fast, also called Feast of Breaking the Fast. ..
Wrestling with Instability
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July 28, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
The rise in civilian casualties has been attributed to a surge in battles between government forces and the armed opposition, mainly the Taliban. And while the war, for Afghans, ...