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ED: Unexpected virtues and pitfalls of Trump entente cordiale

Despite an epidemic of contrarian view of Trumpism, critics and authorities in Kabul regard President Donald Trump’s new Afghanistan policy – for enlarged military presence –unexpectedly effective. His decision to recommit the United States to the war in Afghanistan has produced unpredictable upsides – pitfalls have been cited though. Defense …

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Editorial: Minerals mined by terrorist groups

Taliban and the Daesh terrorist groups have hands in extracting minerals in some parts of the country, according to a report recently released by an international organization. The two terrorist groups are mining talc, chromites and marble in the remote area of the eastern province of Nangarhar that help them …

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Editorial: Shield civilians from violence

During the past several decades the main victims of war have been civilians. War has been taking high toll on them whether in Iraq, Syria, or our motherland Afghanistan. It’s a crystal reality that war spares no one neither combatants nor civilians, neither men nor women, neither children nor adults. …

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Editorial: Irreversible effects of bombs

The policy of Afghanistan Times Daily dictates us to be against any bombing. This newspaper abhors bombings and considers them at odds with the national sovereignty of Afghanistan. Yesterday, the daily published an opinion suggesting that bombs should be dropped on poppy fields to decimate the source of terrorist financing. …

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Editorial: Drop bomb on poppy fields

Last year, the US forces have dropped the mother of all bombs on the Islamic State (IS), which is widely known as Daesh extremist group with sole aim of perishing the militants, but why so far the US did not drop bombs on the poppy fields to wipe out the …

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International unanimity on counterterrorism fades as war drags on

AT-KABUL: Political pundits during periodical session last week of Rana Think Tank confided that Afghanistan needs an authoritative and powerful central government to subdue the current spasm of militancy and steer the country out of crisis and internal strife. “A paramount way out of armed conflict is the formation of …

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Editorial: Farah’s unrest recedes

What was the point behind the Taliban’s massively attack on Farah, the western province that has been pushed back by the brave Afghan security forces? Was it about to capture the district as usual they are attempting to, or other evil hands of some foreign countries were involved behind the …

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Editorial: Pakistan is superstore of terrorism

With freezing most of its security aid to Pakistan, Washington still failed to nail Islamabad down to its knee for its highly supports to the different militant outfits with sole aim of undermining US-NATO mission in Afghanistan in the war on terror. The crackdown on Pakistan was meant to compel …

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Editorial: Civilians caught in conflict

It is a fact that civilians in Afghanistan have been caught in crossfire of the ongoing counter-terrorism operations with taking high toll on them. The Afghan civilians, including the children and women are becoming casualties of war in alarming numbers. Even some airstrikes targeting fighters loyal to the different extremist …

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ED: TAPI and challenges

Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India aim to complete the 1,840-km pipeline and begin pumping natural gas from Turkmenistan’s Galkynysh gas fields by the beginning of 2020. Months ago, leaders from four countries broke ground on the Afghan section of an ambitious, multi-billion dollar gas pipeline with huge expectation to help …

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