Home » Opinion
Franchise Exercised for Changed Policies, Not Faces!
June 17, 2014 | Asmatyari
Afghanistan is due to pass through its first historic democratic transition that serves to be decisive in the history of the war torn country. The future prospect of the state can certainly ...
The Brewing Sectarianism has Undermined Political Stability
June 17, 2014 | Masood Korosh
The spectacular success of Islamic militants in Iraq has sent shock waves down to spine of regional and Western countries. The fall of Mosul to hands of Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) ...
Law and Discrimination
June 16, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
It is said that, being bad is not bad but feeling proud on it is really shameful. Almost the same case exists in Kabul with the rich and powerful who not only do their wrong acts openly but also feel proud on them. There are a handful ...
Do We Live in a Transitional Period?
June 16, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
When you talk with a child, you are supposed to talk with its own language. Speaking in broken phrases does not mean childish language. You have to talk according to their understanding, discover ...
Released Taliban Batters Security Condition
June 15, 2014 | Asmatyari
The rumors that Taliban join peace efforts and mainstream politics might owe a certain degree of underlined facts, seeing the indescribable ground realities the dream might not come true. Afghanistan has been striving hard to bring ...
Existentialism Cherishes Free Will
June 15, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
“Only you can let it in. No one else, no one else can speak the words on your lips, drench yourself in words unspoken, live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins ...
2014 is Shaping to be Afghanistan’s Y2K
June 15, 2014 | Taymor Kamrany
The year 2014 is a major turning point for Afghanistan with simultaneous security, political and economic transitions. Inquiring minds want to know who will win the presidential elections ...
The Epidemic of Social Media
June 11, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
In one of my relatives, a person is much addicted to the social networking and connectivity sites and applications. He spends almost two to three hours on Facebook; checking the status of his friends and ...
The Philosophy Confirms God’s Existence
June 11, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
It was the 90th birthday party of Bertrand Russell. A London lady sat next to him at this party, and over the soup she suggested to him that he was not only the world's most famous atheist but ...
Ophthalmologist v. Anthropologist: Afghanistan Marches Toward Democracy
June 11, 2014 | Mohammad Shafiq Hamdam
For the first time in its history, Afghanistan will experience a runoff election. Many people are excited about the second round of voting to be held June 14. The first round of the election ...
Isn’t Conservatism more Favorable than Liberalism?
June 10, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
To seek for utopia is to end in disaster, the conservative says: we are not made for perfect things. All that we reasonably can expect is a tolerably ordered, just, and free society, in which some evils, maladjustments ...
A Security Loophole Or Government’s Apathy!
June 10, 2014 | Asmatyari
With every advancing day the world becomes more insecure to live in, due to heightened terrorism and terrorists. The blatant attacks launched every alternate day against innocent civilians ...
Carbon Majors and Climate Justice
June 10, 2014 | Naderev (Yeb) Saño
A groundbreaking study published last November revealed that the activities of a mere 90 producers of coal, oil and gas, and cement – dubbed the “carbon majors” – have led to 63% of all CO2 emissions ...
Need for Reflection
June 09, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
It is said that, ‘When a society will face decline, people would be busy in discussing its problems but no one would be ready to do something practically’. This saying applies especially to our society and in general ...
Social Justice – The Backbone of a Democratic Society
June 09, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
“A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess ...
Saving Lives through Early Childhood Education – Stories from Badakhshan
June 09, 2014 | Omidullah Khawary
In the remote and mountainous areas of Badakhshan, Afghanistan, when people get sick, they use opium as an alternative to medicine. This way of healing is not only used by adults ...
Natural Calamities Continue
June 08, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai
Afghanistan has been facing serious challenges regarding social and political stability. Country, at the moment, is going through a very crucial phase of its history. The transition from the international forces to national forces ...
Religious Pluralism – A Need for Social Harmony
June 08, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
Maybe you’ve heard the parable of the six blind men and the elephant. In this parable, six blind men feel a different part of an elephant and come to different conclusions regarding ...
Thousands Students are being Deprived of their Certificates
June 08, 2014 | Masood Korosh
Today two things seriously hurt me. The first one, the level of corruption in public offices and the second was related to flash flood in Baghlan province which has left 50 dead. It becomes ...
Materialism Devalues Human Life
June 07, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
“One expression of the genius of Marx and Engels was that they despised pedantic playing with new words, erudite terms, and simple “isms”, and said simply and plainly: there is a materialist line and an idealist line in philosophy ...
Problem of Parents and Teachers
June 07, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
As a part of increasing coordination with parents and establishing good relations with them for the sake of betterment of children, teachers once or twice visited the homes or offices of parents in a year ...
Dreaming Developed Afghanistan Ahead
June 07, 2014 | Asmatyari
Subsequent to victorious completion of the first round, Afghan election has entered into the second round of presidential run-off. In this round the leading contenders each of ...
Inquisitiveness must be Appreciated
June 05, 2014 | Dilawar Sherzai
Throughout a large portion of human history, deliberation has been perceived as a crime. Similar attitude has been maintained for being inquisitive. It appears as if contemplation and inquisitiveness are thought to be against the social values ...
Changing Communal Trigonometry of Politics
June 05, 2014 | Masood Korosh
Only few weeks have remained to the second round of election when the destiny of one of the most historic elections in terms of its critical period will be decided. The two frontrunner Presidential ...
Both Contenders have Tough Times Ahead
June 05, 2014 | Bismellah Alizada
Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, and with the presence of international community, politics in Afghanistan has steered off its historical trajectory that had been involved with bloodshed ...
Democracy – Then and Now
June 04, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy allows people to participate equally – either directly or through elected representatives ...
Nazarbayev Announced Plans for New Major Incentives for Foreign Investors
June 04, 2014 |
ASTANA – Kazakhstan will make a major move to attract more foreign investors this year when it passes a new law to create better conditions for them, President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced ...
Mainstreaming Governance Pleads Prior Attention
June 04, 2014 | Asmatyari
Governance is the dynamic interaction between people, structures, processes and traditions that support the exercise of legitimate authority in provision of sound leadership, direction ...
Justice – The Lifeblood of a Society
June 03, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
Imagine waking up one morning to the sound of gunshots. A man has just been killed. You pass by a home where you hear some children crying, orphaned and left alone to suffer because of the crimes of other people ...
Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia Signed Historic Treaty Creating Eurasian Economic Union
June 03, 2014 |
ASTANA – The leaders of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus met in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on May 29 to sign the treaty establishing the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), a common market ...
Short-Term Survival
June 02, 2014 | Mohammad Rasool Shah
A friend of mine rented a new place for his office. His business was expanding and present place was not able to accommodate all the offices. After months of hard work, he was able to find a perfect place. The place was in the last phase ...
The Initiative of the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov on Establishing a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia Implemented
June 02, 2014 |
On May 6, 2014 a truly historical event took place at the United Nations headquarters in New York – for the first time since the United Nations was established the representatives ...
A Plan to Curb Greenhouse Gases
June 02, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
As sunlight shines on the earth, solar radiation is absorbed and then radiated back into space as thermal radiation (heat). However, some of this heat is trapped by gases in the atmosphere ...
The Threats of Greenhouse Gases
June 01, 2014 | Hujjatullah Zia
The changes in climate will affect everyone in one way or another. For example, countries whose coastal regions have a large population, such as Egypt and China, may see whole ...
Dadgul is still out of Jail
June 01, 2014 | Masood Korosh
Few days ago, a report was released about the tragic incident that appended on the highway between center of Sar-e-Pul Province and Balkhab district. It once again scratched a relatively old ...