Editorial

Corruption has become a cancer for the society in general and the country particularly as it is eating the social fabric and preventing Afghanistan from development. Since fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, the transition and elected governments did little to discourage corruption. That’s why graft has become an …

Afghans are the only nation in the world always waiting for good news, but they did not celebrate the New Year. They know that the celebration will short live. Besides that, how can a group of youth celebrate the New Year’s Eve with parties and fireworks when relatives and neighbors …

Unity among Afghans is stronger than calculations of the anti-Afghanistan elements. The civil war period is a dark chapter of Afghanistan’s history but we cannot change. It is also true that Afghans came under one roof for defense of the country. They will continue to do so no matter how …

While the government and people of Afghanistan make efforts for more strengthening the so-existing ties with the neighboring countries, authorities of the latter countries, unfortunately, seem not to welcome the efforts and are trying to display an unfriendly image to their war-torn neighbor. The recent Moscow session in which diplomats …

The unity government has initiated different steps to improve security situation and reform state institutions. Some of the efforts were productive. Unfortunately, most of the steps did not yield good results because nepotism, corruption and mismanagement are ripe for greed and fraud. There is no denying that trust deficit between …

Since January tens of men in uniform were killed in the line of duty. This year was also bloody in terms of civilian casualties. Scores of civilians were killed in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Uruzgan, Kunduz and other provinces. The insurgent groups, backed by foreign terrorists and state actors in the …

Around two months ago, the Russian officials have planned to host trilateral talks on Afghanistan. The invitation was extended only to China and Pakistan. It is very strange that these three important neighboring countries would discuss security situation in Afghanistan but the Afghan officials were not invited to attend the …

After formation of the unity government, most of women and girls hoped that their rights would be protected as the leaders assured them of neutralizing threats that barred them from exercising fundamental human and constitutional rights. Fragile security situation in the country is exposing the strength and strategies of the …

To preserve the gains made in the past 15 years in Afghanistan, the United States President signed the annual defense budget, authorizing $3.4 billion for Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANSDF). The annual defense budget—the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2017—will help the Afghan security forces to degrade terrorists …

After formation of the National Unity Government in 2014, Islamabad promised Kabul that it would bring Afghan insurgents, enjoying safe havens and support in Pakistan, to the negotiating table. Although, most of Afghans knew that the honeymoon period would not last for long, President Ashraf Ghani has to give a …