Editorial

Hard on the heel of the deadliest blast in Shah Shaheed locality, yet Kabul is rocked by another deadliest blast. The blast, believed to be a car-bombing, has triggered alarms across the capital and it is feared AfPak ties will reach a new low. There are contrasting reports about the …

Some harrowing pictures of the children maimed by the thousands of Taliban’s landmines planted across the country besides the landmines of the USSR, after decades of war, went viral on social media. Hundreds of thousands mines are planted in grazing fields, schools, pathways, where dozens of children are maimed and …

The steady slide of security, has unleashed a wave of concerns among Afghans, particularly the youth. The biggest adventure they can take to live the life of their dreams is to flee this troubled country. Though by fleeing their country they don’t reach their dreams rather they are hit by …

Afghanistan still remains in the throes of a bitter conflict. And the bitterness led to a new wave of tensions between Kabul and Islamabad. When the Pakistan-brokered peace talks faltered after the death reports of Mullah Omar and the situation turned more tense after a deadliest spate of attacks in Kabul, now foreign press …

In the midst of a fog of political chaos, insecurity, dwindling national economy, devaluating national currency, and the increased attacks of the Taliban, religious scholars have come together, raised their voice and condemned Pakistan-backed terrorism in Afghanistan. They came together in reaction to the recent wave of terror, particularly after …

It was believed by the idealists that reciprocal visits of Pakistani and Afghan leaders would usher in a new era—an era of peace and tranquility. However, the hopes proved no more than water-bubbles, burst within no time. Optimism of the idealists has been dashed to the ground as Islamabad still …

A recently released video purportedly by the ISIS fighters in eastern Afghanistan has didn’t unleash the uproar it must have. There is just a knee jerk reaction. In the video the ISIS fighters forced a group of blindfolded Taliban supporters or what they said the apostates to kneel over planted …

In national and international media, we see and read that the US war on drugs in Afghanistan is an $8 billion failure. This is strange to hear that this is only the US war on drugs and perhaps this is the reason the war is not making any progress. Until …

President Ashraf Ghani addressed the nation on Monday after a spate of deadliest attacks unleashed the floodgates of death and terror. The takeaways of his address were impressive particularly his statement that as the Peshawar school carnage turned out a game changer for Pakistan, the recent Kabul attacks that killed …

Left to its own devices, Afghanistan’s internal security network needs an impregnable security overhauls particularly given the horrific terror blasts the other day, and the ongoing terror activities across the country. The deadliest attack on the military installation in Shah Shaheed, and the Taliban’s assault on the Parliament a few …