Editorial

Afghan girls and women saw improvement in their lives after fall of the Taliban’s regime but most of the achievements are limited to major cities where writ of the government is established or more than minimal. The Taliban oppressed women and girls in many ways. As a result the regime’s …

The National Unity Government must draw schedule how to deal with challenges posing during winter season in the country. We need to have schedule in every section, especially in security and economy. At the outset, the government should not stop targeting militant outfits during winter. Insurgents backed by the foreign …

Afghans are surrounded by scores of security, political and economic problems that are unfortunately increasing. Despite these problems, sport can be the only thing that is lightening as an achievement and the youth have hoisted the flag of our country higher. Athletes did well in different games since they have …

It is very clear that thousands of Afghans, especially the youngsters of the country took illegal ways to reach European countries. Inadequate livelihood opportunities, unbearable poverty, exponentially growing insecurity and some other social and political taboos had forced the Afghans to land into race of illegal immigration. The influx of …

Optimistically, it seems that Afghanistan is putting steps forward to be declared as a polio free state because vaccinator teams had increased their accessibility to drop vaccine to the children in the country. “More than 650,000 children of one million children would be covered by the vaccinating campaign in the …

After nearly two years of formal and informal negotiations, President Ashraf Ghani and Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan’s (HIA) leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar formally signed the long-awaited peace agreement. The HIA considers second largest militant group after the Taliban. The peace deal with the group was inked late September. The group’s reintegration into civil …

The Milad-un-Nabi, (the birth day of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was observed Sunday all over the world. It is celebrated in the third month of the Islamic calendar. Aimed at mass commemoration of this holy day, all Islamic countries declared public holidays. In Afghanistan we also celebrated this precious day widely. …

The US defense secretary Ashton Carter landed Kabul on Friday for an unannounced visit. During the visit which would be probably the last one of Mr. Carter as the Pentagon chief, he met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and is scheduled to speak to the American troops at the Bagram Air …

The United States has spent nearly $7.6 billion on the counter narcotics operations in Afghanistan. But the efforts failed to rein in illicit-drugs production, smuggling and consumption. The fruitless efforts are visible from the growing number of drug addicts. The Afghan government had established rehabilitation centers for drug addicts. However, …

Despite facing several and severe challenges, Afghanistan is on the track of rapid economic growth, though much of the resources are consumed by war against militancy and terrorism. The fast-track economic growth would produce results by 2020. The previous and current governments have launched multiple projects that would improve lives …