AT Kabul: In an inrerwive with NPR, Former Prisedent Hamid Karzai calls on the United States government to atone for its mistakes in Afghanistan and help Afghan nation during these hard times.When the Taliban captured Kabul last August, the U.S.-backed Afghan government collapsed and hundreds of thousands of Afghans fled …
Read More »The death of the CIA spy who sent to get Osama Bin Laden
Bernd Debusmann Jr, BBC AT Kabul: On 19 September, 2001 – with the ruins of the World Trade Center and Pentagon still smoldering from the 9/11 attacks – CIA officer Gary Schroen stepped into his boss’s office and received a set of orders: “Capture Bin Laden, kill him, and bring …
Read More »Uncertainty shrouds Afghanistan’s future
By: Shoaib Shirzai Afghanistan went through its worst during past several years with dramatic political changes since 2014 that cast a shadow on future of Afghan people. The most challenging of them all was the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan after which the Taliban took over Afghanistan. The pullout …
Read More »A glimpse of past two decades in Afghanistan
After the fall of the Taliban government in 2001 and establishment of a republic government in Afghanistan, many people received the change with much euphoria as they were liberated from years of persecution and finally achieved freedom.
Read More »India’s Return to a Key role in Kabul: Ticklish Issue Emerges
NOTE: SOME OF THE SENSITIVE POINTS WITHIN THIS ARTICLE HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED; PLUS, THIS IS AN OPINION PIECE AND IS CONSIST OF THE WRITER’S PERSONAL VIEW. By Anand K. Sahay Since then, pursuant to an internal debate, India is thought to be seriously considering restoring its representation in the Afghan …
Read More »Karzai condemns Imran Khan’s ‘divisive’ remarks
AT News KABUL: Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai on Sunday lashed out at Pakistani Prime Minister for attempting an “obvious propaganda against Afghanistan”. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in his speech at the summit of Organization of Islamic Countries on Sunday in Islamabad said that Pakistan faced threat from Islamic …
Read More »Afrasiab Khattak: World turns back to Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: A senior Pashton politician of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has expressed concerns over the current chaos in Afghanistan, saying that the world turned its back to this war-torn country. Afrasiab Khattak, a former senator and top Pashton politician in a video message said that “A grave tragedy is happening in …
Read More »Rep. Michael Waltz: We can still save Afghanistan but we need bold leadership – now
The devastation in Afghanistan is heartbreaking and infuriating. The Taliban are barreling towards seizing control of the country and could very well take Kabul before the 20th anniversary of September 11th. In their wake, Al Qaeda is poised to come roaring back and attack America, once again. As an American, …
Read More »Retired British general: Afghanistan on cusp of becoming terrorists’ hotbed in wake of West’s failed war
Abdul Rahman Habibzui KABUL: A retired British army general says that the US-led Western troops who invaded Afghanistan in the name of ‘war on terror’ have been defeated in the war. Lord David Richards said Saturday that the United States as the flag bearer of the 20-year long war in …
Read More »Is Peace possible in Afghanistan without a clear vision?
Peace is the absence of war, while war is the absence of peace! A negotiated peace in Afghanistan presents a number of challenges. The duration of the war over several decades has created a number of situations, that requires an in-depth examination in light of the peace negotiations that took …
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