Syria – A Strategic Blunder by United States

October 23, 2014 | Manish Rai

Despite years of diplomacy and a CIA operation to equip and train moderate rebels, the US finds itself without a credible partner on the ground in Syria as it bombs the Islamic ...

Lack of Religious Tolerance

October 22, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia

I remember vividly when my professor said that whoever talks about the holy Prophet recklessly, you can behead him/her immediately without taking them to court. Although my classmates ...

Sherpoor Scam; Government’s Test

October 20, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah

The acts of government especially of President Ahmadzai are quickly gaining public popularity and graph of his popularity is rising with every passing day. His visit to the prison of ...

Noble Prize Winner’s Fate in Pakistan

October 20, 2014 | Farman Nawaz

The noble peace price won by Malala shows that the world believes in the struggle of Pakistani women in a Talabanized society. However I fear that Malala may meet the fate of ...

Responsibilities must not be Avoided

October 19, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai

It is now considered a truth that human nature tries to avoid the negative consequences both consciously and as the result of the unconscious mind, where the psychological impact of the fame ...

Hispania – Muslims’ Nostalgia for a Golden Age

October 19, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia

“The tap of the white ablution fount weeps in despair, like a passionate lover weeping at the departure of the beloved. Over dwellings emptied of Islam, vacated, whose inhabitants now ...

ISIS in Afghanistan; Is there any reality?

October 18, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah

ISIS is the only extremist movement which is unanimously accepted as a threatening menace by all. This is rather a unique case because general public’s irrational sentimentalism ...

Naturalizing Religion

October 16, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia

Since religion is the only precious asset and sacred commodity for pious individuals, they are not willing to secularize it through human analyses. In other words, religious ...

Second Marriage; A Thorny Path!

October 16, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah

Many years ago, a very good person was our neighbor who was famous by the name of ‘Haji’. He had crossed the age of fifty but due to different reasons like good business and ...

The Right to Choose

October 15, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai

A wise man was once asked by his relatives to share some valuable words. The wise man thought for a while and said, “It is important to speak and to listen as these both ...

Euthanasia – An Immoral Act

October 15, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia

Suppose your child suffers from a serious illness which is intolerable for it, would you dare euthanize it heartlessly to relieve it of the pain and suffering? What your morality ...

Not Ashamed of Poverty!

October 14, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah

I was on my way to home. On the way, there was a stop from where public buses and taxis left to different parts of the city. I noticed one of my students sitting in one of the public ...

A Woman of Real Beauty

October 14, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah

“The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is ...

Why Negotiations With Militants Fail?

October 13, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah

In one of the famous short stories, a student and his teacher are travelling to a place. They have a donkey, a bowl for food and a cup for drinking tea. In the same way, they have very less ...

Awareness – A Necessity!

October 13, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai

The society that is suffering from the problems of ignorance and hunger cannot have the luxury of dreaming about prosperity and development and, perhaps, it does not have the right, as ...

Religion, Culture and Crime

October 12, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia

Crime takes place in every society whether it is traditional or modern. However, the magnitude of the crime necessarily depends on the type of society and on the law and order ...

Kurdish Peshmerga Can Be A Game Changer In Iraq And Syria

October 12, 2014 | Manish Rai

The Peshmerga, whose name translates as "those who face death", are the Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga forces backed by US and British air attacks have ...

Wrapping Up the Dark History!

October 11, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah

When Barack Obama was busy in his election campaign to become the first black American president of his country, he promised Americans and the world that as soon as he reaches to the White ...

The Failed Love of an Afghan Girl

October 09, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia

Palwasha is the oldest girl in a family of four brothers and one sister. She lives in Kandahar. At the turn of the millennium, she was only eighteen, but her father was a drug ...

A Long Tough Route for the New Government!

September 30, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah

Monday was truly a historic day for our country. In its entire history, it was the first occasion when the transition of government took place peacefully and smoothly. This may sound ...

The Battle Against ISIS in Iraq: PLAYERS, ALLIANCES AND LONG TERM OUTCOMES

September 30, 2014 | Latif Mohammadi

Long Term declines and death of ISIS is certain. Under President Obamas leadership all the important regional powers (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia) have signed up to strike ...

On World Tourism Day

September 28, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai

Human beings have always liked to enjoy nature and its beauty. They have shown their interest in their surroundings and have always strived to discover natural phenomena. The scenic ...

Respecting Humanity

September 28, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia

Perhaps I am a romantic, but it is my hope that in the future Humanity will live by the truth, with greater harmony between different people, their religions and cultures, and to live in ...

Kazakhstan’s Role in Afghanistan’s Reconstructions

September 25, 2014 | Hamed Saboori

Afghanistan has suffered from numerous challenges as it has been grappling with incessant wars and poverty in past three decades. However, the country has come a long way to overcome ...

Winning Trust by Service!

September 25, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah

There is an interesting theory of economics. It is about contraction and expansion of economies. In an economy where everyone is trying to loot and save, general spending decreases ...

Natural Law – Do the Good and Avoid Evil

September 24,2014 | Hujjatullah Zia

Just imagine when a theist and an atheist live in a desert. The theist prays with strong faith whereas the atheist denies God and the hereafter. Hence, since the atheist does not believe in ...

Afghanistan 2014 Election and Power-sharing Deal

September 24,2014 | Deedar Khudaidad

On October 21st, 2014, the Afghan prolonged disagreement over the doubtful June runoff election result broke when candidates Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai signed the ...

Democracy is the Only Hope for Afghanistan

September 23, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah

In a number of months before the presidential and provincial elections, there was much debate on all the forms of media about the importance of polls and democratic practices in the ...

Human Rights and Historical View on Rights

September 23, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia

On the one hand, human rights are one of the most debated issues in modern world. Besides being a significant subject in national and internal policy of many countries, human rights ...

Is There One Way To Salvation?

September 22, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia

John Hick is an English philosopher of religion – who in his early years embraced a more evangelical form of Christian belief – one that was firmly committed to the idea that Christianity ...

Old Age and Wisdom

September 22, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah

Everything seems to be dark and disappointing. It is mainly because of the poor health when every organ starts malfunctioning and thus a feeling of weariness intimidates the feelings of a ...

Limited to the Surface

September 21, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah

This interesting conversation happened many years ago. After the democracy was established and country became stable, a person opened a school. He had left his established school in Pakistan ...

Talking of the National Unity

September 18, 2014 | Muhammad Rasool Shah

A person got a contract in a city in north where he had to work with the persons of the same tribe. His contract was to construct a big building for government and it was a coincidence ...

Laughter – A Cheap Medicine

September 18, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia

Do you feel any different after hearing a real belly laugh? If it even gets a smile out of you – that’s a good thing. Just enough to turn your mood from sour to ...

“An Eye for an Eye Will Leave us all Blind”

September 17, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai

“An Eye for an Eye Will Leave us all Blind”

History is the witness that human beings have always been in thirst of blood. Today the miracles of science and ...