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Human Rights – From Historical Perspective
January 01, 2015 | Hujjatullah Zia
The belief that everyone, by virtue of her or his humanity, is entitled to certain human rights is fairly new. Its roots, however, lie in earlier tradition and documents of many ...
False Dreams must be Shattered
December 31, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai
The human beings, who have come out of soil and would return to it, have learnt to live in violence, conflicts and wars, and the instability and chaos have become their companions. So, at ...
Slogans against Corruption Protect Corrupt System
December 31, 2014 | Farman Nawaz
Today when media, politicians and everyone is talking about corruption then we must think what kind of corruption Pakistan is facing. Is it financial corruption? Political ...
Kazakhstan – The Heaven of Interfaith and Interethnic Harmony
December 30, 2014 |
The Republic of Kazakhstan is one of a few countries in post-Soviet territories that managed to avoid interethnic clashes and conflicts in the period of USSR’s final crisis and its ...
A Nation Towards Transformation
December 30, 2014 | Mohammad Shafiq Hamdam
Afghanistan of 2001 is not measurable with the Afghanistan of 2015. As a citizen of this country, I have lived my entire life in Afghanistan; I can easily see these rapid development and ...
Further Delay would be Costly
December 29, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai
The people of Afghanistan, who, despite all hardships, made their ways to the polling stations in a historic election, had high expectations from the outcome of the elections and the new ...
Understanding Happiness!
December 29, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
In every social setup, extending from a family to a cross-cultural and multinational organization, efforts are done to motivate the people or members to show better performance. The main aim of ...
Nursing in Afghanistan: Current Challenges
December 28, 2014 | Shukrullah Ahmadi
The state of nursing in Afghanistan is pointed in a 2011 publication of American journal of nursing titled “Starting from scratch: Training nurses in ...
The Kazakh Journey to Success: Turning Great Games into Great Gains
December 28, 2014 | C. Naseer Ahmad
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, so said the Chinese philosopher Laozi . He was a wise man. For those who heeded his advice, successful journeys along the famous ...
Are Madrasas Necessary?
December 27, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
Mullah of our mosque usually keeps a calm and humble tone on his Friday speeches and especially avoids hate-provoking remarks. It is the reason why, he hardly ever speaks about politics and when he ...
Elections to The Oliy Majlis Of The Republic Of Uzbekistan And Local Kengashes Of People’s Deputies
December 27, 2014 |
On December 21, 2014, the elections to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, regional, district and city Kengashes (Councils) of people's deputies were held in ...
Poor Education System
December 24, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
Based on a survey, “Focusing on getting children in school, particularly girls, and keeping them there seemed appropriate looking at early enrolment figures. In 2001, fewer than ...
Incurable Wounded Hearts
December 23, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
How can you heal the wounds made in someone’s heart or recover one’s reputation after blackening it? In other words, what can soothe a mother who is saddened by the death of her child ...
A Clash between Self and non-Self
December 07, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
When you look at yourself in the mirror, do you see your real face? Is it your real ‘self’ reflected in it? Suppose, one is ugly, do you believe that s/he is imbued with ...
Unemployment Poses Threats to State's Long-term Stability
December 06, 2014 | Abdul Samad Haidari
Thirteen years have passed after the fall of the Taliban and millions of dollars have been spent in Afghanistan on various fields, the country still lacks the most fundamental source of ...
Lack of Knowledge – An Underlying Cause for Powerlessness
December 04, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
While students on campuses elsewhere in the world usually lug around heavy backpacks full of literature, Afghan students often do not carry much more than narrow plastic binders with a few ...
The London Conference and Underground Treasures
December 04, 2014 | Abdul Samad Haidari
Years of bloodshed and grim political and economic fluctuations shifted Afghanistan decades back and created a paralyzing and fragile situation. As a result, most of ...
Which Way Leads to Salvation?
December 03, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
If you were born in Saudi Arabia, you’d hold the tenets of Islam sacred and aver that Christian belief was wrong; if you were born in Mississippi, you’d have exactly the opposite ...
Compassion – A Moral Practice
December 02, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
“Human beings are members of a whole, in creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for ...
Regional Powers Should Increase Their Role in Afghanistan After NATO
December 02, 2014 | Manish Rai
The NATO withdrawal next month will leave Afghanistan more vulnerable to insurgency, which is gaining ground in Afghan countryside. Moreover this withdrawal will also create a power ...
Taliban Suffer Psychic Pain
December 01, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
How do you imagine being kept in limbo far from your family for many years? Mentally, Taliban militants suffer severe pressures under their cruel masters – that have them over a ...
Morality Lies in Beauty
November 30, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
How delightful it would be to listen to your favorite piece of music in the mild weather of a sunset. The lure of pure dew on rose petals – which seemed as tears glistening on charming ...
A Tangible Change
November 30, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
I was travelling by the public coaster and it was passing through the slums of the city. Everything was saddening. There were children crying in the streets. Majority of these children ...
Talking of Environment
November 29, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
A famous proverb says, “Don’t see evil, you will think evil. Don’t think evil, you will talk evil. Don’t talk evil, you will do an evil work”. In all ...
High Tension on Nuclear Enrichment
November 29, 2014 | Abdul Samad Haidari
Super-power countries’ so-called safety weapons are changing the international political dialogues and have created serious tension between several countries. The efforts in enrichment of ...
Treat Others as You Want to be Treated
November 27, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
A taxi driver picked up an elderly lady in the middle of the night. He loaded her baggage and held her hand as she limped into the taxi. “Why are you so kind?” she asked. He ...
A Well-Functioning Free Trade Area Would Create a More Prosperous South Asia
November 27, 2014 | Sanjay Kathuria and Sohaib Shahid
There is great excitement for the 18thSouth Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)summit being held this week in Kathmandu. A big question is whether there will be faster ...
What is Morality?
November 26, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
It is said that in November of 1724, at Lakhta along the Finnish Gulf to inspect some ironworks, Peter the Great, the Tsar and first Emperor of Russia, saw a group of soldiers drowning near shore and, ...
Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Development: An Agenda for the SAARC Kathmandu Summit
November 26, 2014 | Dr. Shamshad Akhtar
The leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) will assemble in Kathmandu this week for their 18th Summit. It is an opportunity for game-changing policy ...
A Piece of Fatherly Advice
November 25, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
“And look at people’s lives, the lives of those street dancers in the final quarters to play hungry and shiver and beggary. I was like them, Zheraldin! In those nights, those ...
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
November 25, 2014 | Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Every year, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we are reminded how every day, women and girls experience violence in ...
Sahar Batool
November 25, 2014 | Muhammad Younas
It was early morning of on 28th of October 2014. Sahar's mother was busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen while her father, Sakhi, was getting himself ready to go to work. He looked at his ...
Sexual Harassment; Understanding Real Factors
November 24, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah
In last few weeks, increasing and frightening events of sexual abuse of women and especially very small children focused the attention of both national and international media into the ...
Why Afghan Women Journalists are Drastically Vanishing from Media in Afghanistan?
November 24, 2014 | Soodaba Uosoofy Afghan
After fall of the Taliban in 2001, the International Community allocated plenty of resources to build so called sustainable Afghanistan. However, much of the resources were ...
Afghanistan; From Within
November 23, 2014 | Muhammad Mehdi
It is now more than 13 years that the Taliban regime was toppled under the assault of international and Afghan allies. The ouster of the Taliban regime was a turning point in the ...