Editorial

With deadly violence spiking around the country, a slight hope has once again emerged for its de-escalation or hopefully for its end as the Afghan and Taliban peace teams have returned to the negotiation table. The resumption of talks after a long pause, is taking as a good omen that …

Corruption is endemic in Afghanistan – it has consistently singled out as a big headache, eroding people’s trust in the government. In international rankings measuring corruption, Afghanistan has remained stubbornly at the bottom of the pile over the past several years, bringing a very bad name to the country. Everyone, …

There is a proverb saying “War is what happens when language fails.” This always reminds us of how far we, the Afghans are to understand each other to at least agree on some common terms to end the deadly war in our motherland. It has been for over four decades …

Unfortunately, Afghanistan has been in a whirl of unending war, where peace is still a distant dream. After four decades of war, a climax of hope has generated among the Afghans, especially after the U.S.-centric peace process that has concluded in a deal with the Taliban. The US and Taliban …

At least 65 media and rights workers have been killed in a series of attacks across the country since 2018. But 11 of them were killed within four months. The number of attacks rose substantially since the start of peace talks in September 2020. Thirty-two of the 65 victims were …

32 years ago, Soviet troops fully withdrew from Afghanistan. What happened after that is like an open book to us all. That was also the sole reason for the civil war in the country where tens of people were killed, wounded and millions of others were forced to leave the …

It’s not furthermore required to call a new wave of violence that has reached its highest-level but we are scrambling with the ruthless and unprecedented violent behaviors that continue to take high toll on the Afghans for many months now. The unparalleled hostility and growing of stick bombs, targeted-killings, assassinations …

Giving a great number of casualties in the longest conflict of 40 years across the country, the Afghans have always hoped nothing but an end to this relentless war. Thousands of people, including children, women and elderly were killed or maimed in the war that is still looming around with …

An incident took place last month in the Behsood district of Wardak province, was in ambiguity and the people did not know what really happened there that a number of our country-fellows were martyred and injured. The issue came out of ambiguity after a fact finding team assigned by the …

The ministry of public health announced that they had received a large consignment of the Covid-19 vaccines from India. This is the first vaccine of the deadly disease that we receive while unfortunately, the Corona virus is continuing to infect people and take the lives across the country. As a …