Editorial

The menace of terrorism has been plaguing the globe like a disease without panacea, and made it so intricate and intriguing for the West – the protagonists of this ghastly war – to annihilate the pillars of terrorism which marches on unabated in developing countries. This pseudo war is taking …

Afghanistan and its war-ravaged people have long deserved lasting peace and political and economic stability, which seems to be a wild goose chase in the face of state-sponsored terrorism and internal rifts which aggregately fuel disunity. National unity and solidarity in the country is a dire need to leave no …

The ministry of defense announced recently that it was working on the formation of a new force with the aim of maintaining the remote areas that have been taken from Taliban and other insurgent groups. Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the ministry called the new force as “regional troops”. He said …

Besetting reports have abounded indicating that Afghanistan’s economy has inadvertently been embroiled in a crunch – which can hardly be circumvented hook, line and sinker – in the wake of the eccentrically prolonged war and increasingly acrimonious political stalemate. The country has been subjected to acute economic tantrum. Issues perceived …

Since decades, Afghanistan has been famed as a museum of variant ethnicities. This nation has been in the fell clutch of increasingly oddly unpredictable circumstances. There was a time when Khorasan was a territory that prided itself on its rich and diverse culture. But what had happened to have inadvertently …

The era of peace opportunity has been unfold in such a mass way that everyone is looking optimistic. The twice call of the Taliban insurgents for peace talks, though not with Afghan government, but with US, even further created atmosphere, in which possibility of peace talks is getting more visible …

Interim government of the erstwhile president and then his successors have incessantly desperately sought out due attention of the world community to internal predicaments of Afghanistan. The desperation has been unraveled in various formats – one being an international conference of peace cooperation to echo the major problems and contemplate …

In 2014 when the international coalition had an exit strategy in mind, many feared its terrible ramifications. Obviously, as the U.S. started evacuating its soldiers and replacing them with military advisors, the entire security responsibility fell on fledgling Afghan forces – whose military performance has been dazzling so far. In …

Inclined to reconcile with radical Taliban outfits and bring a cessation to the stretching scourge of militancy, Afghanistan has long been pursuing all the possible ways. But reconciliation appears to be a delusion in the face of the inaction of Afghanistan’s much-touted High Peace Council. The pompous council was established …

Summary executions, disappearances and mass killings have occurred throughout all phases of Afghanistan’s conflict over the past few decades. There may be hundreds of mass graves in Afghanistan – not only those from the civil war in the 1990s, but also those unearthing the atrocities of cruel ISIS hooligans. Stark …