Editorial

Residents of the capital city, Kabul, have been suffering from the shortage of the electricity power for a couple of months and just prior to the cold weather of winter. Although there is not any official justification for the shortage, but unofficial reports say that the surge in use of …

Climate change is real, whether the government accepts it as a universal truth or turns a blind eye to the stark reality. It has and would have tremendous effects especially when it comes to the war against insurgency. How climate change is affecting the anti-terror operations can be judged from …

Conflicts in Afghanistan make huge part of contemporary world history. Even Americans know about the Afghan war more than the Civil War or Cold War era because it is the longest war in the US history. Presence of US troops is troubling the Americans. They want end to the US …

Conflict in Afghanistan and emergence of the Islamic State, also known as Daesh, have already produced tremendous ripple effects—on the regional as well as international levels. Though most of Afghanistan’s neighbors agree that politics of conflict and regional rivalries encourage extremism, but, unfortunately, they have not help the country the …

The Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of the Afghan parliament has been irked by the nineteen ministries that failed to spend the allocated development budget for the fiscal year. Ministers of Foreign Affairs Salahuddin Rabbani, Labor and Social Affairs Nasrin Oryakhil and Public Works Mahmoud Baligh failed to satisfy the …

The more Afghans hate war and bloodshed the more violence tightens its grip. At a glance it seems irreconcilable paradox the nation has to deal with as a whole. To dig deep, the ugly truth surfaces—the war is hovering over like black clouds. The lightening of violence strikes the nation …

A group of the Taliban fighters attacked the German consulate in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif Thursday night using an explosives-laden vehicle which rammed the high outer wall of the building to help other attackers open fire at the Afghan and German guards. Mazar-e-Sharif is the capital of relatively peaceful …

It seems that the Taliban want to be responsible for more civilian killings on the Day of Judgment before the almighty God, as the group is urging the continuation of war. Improvised explosive devises (IED) planted by the insurgents are killing scores of innocent women, children and men on weekly …

Afghan war has not been outlined as core issue by the two US presidential candidates—Republican Party nominee Donald Trump and Democrat Party nominee Hillary Clinton. Business tycoon Donald Trump is the President-elect of the United States who will take office next year. The win comes as a surprise for many …

Afghans are going through the most difficult time. The country’s history has never recorded such a period of despair and bloodshed. In past the enemies were known and they were outsiders. From Alexander to the Soviet Union, all were seen as invaders. Indeed they were the aggressors. They have oppressed …