Opinions

Southern grievances are at a tipping point, and if Kabul or Washington won’t address them, the Taliban—or other armed groups—certainly will. By Masood Ahmad Azizi The latest round of U.S.-Taliban talks appears to be heading to a framework for peace. In exchange for a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. forces, …

By Dr. Jawid Ahmad Baktash, and Mohammad Asif Kamran Faculty of Computer Science, Kabul University Introduction: Afghanistan is a developing country and software development industry is relatively new in Afghanistan as compared to other developed countries. Most of the software projects are medium size projects developed in Afghanistan. Project success …

The term ‘Leadership’ is broadly defined as the relation between an individual and a group built around some common interest and behaving in a manner directed or determined by him. The relation of leadership arises only where a group follows an individual from free choice and not under command or …

By Zakia Wardak The government of Afghanistan will meet the Taliban in Beijing, China, for peace talks. This is not the first such international summit — in the past, representatives (in their private capacity) from both sides have met in Qatar, Norway and Russia. But despite all these engagements, little …

By Dr. Jawid Ahmad Baktash, One of the strongest instincts we have is the desire to learn new things about the world we live in. In fact, through our entire life we never stop learning new things. This has been crucial for our survival, but it also stimulates our curiosity. …

AT News Report KABUL: Speaker of the lower house of the parliament or (Wolesi Jirga), Mir Rahman Rahmani has appointed five members delegation to investigate the sexual abuse cases against school students in the southeastern Logar province. He called the sexual abuse of students a cruel act, emphasizing that the …

By M. Ashraf Haidari The past four decades have hardly been kind to the peace- and freedom-loving people of Afghanistan. But despite the many destructive conflicts imposed on the country, Afghans armed with a steel willpower have persevered to survive and thrive in what is an increasingly complex and dangerous …

Ahmad Shah Katawazai After a month-long thaw starting from last September, the Afghan peace process has now started to gain some momentum. United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad met with President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul yesterday to discuss the future of peace talks with the Taliban. On …

Afghanistan being a landlocked country is grappling with lots of problems regarding transit and conducting business with countries which do not border with it. In some cases, Afghanistan has even tried to opt for ways that are costly for a country with the lowest economy in the region. The UK, …

The British paramountcy over the Indian states ceased to exist on 15 August 1947, as the Indian Independence Act came into force, which released the states from the obligations of the Crown and had made them independent- technically and legally. Most of the princely states were geographically situated in such …