Editorial

Power sector plays crucial role in development of the post-conflict economies and infrastructure rebuilding. As most of the time, the Afghan governments were busy to address security-related challenges. The leaders have taken utmost efforts to convince the neighboring countries to support Afghan-owned peace process and war against terrorism. Therefore, the …

Afghan civilians have been frequently victimized by the so-called “operations against terrorism” launched by the US-led international coalition forces since the beginning of the operations for 15 years. The foreign troops came to the country in the early 2002 with the aim of help the government and people of Afghanistan …

War is always ugly. It has no other face whether just or unjust. Thus, peace is peace. It cannot be made with one group while leaving the others to wage war. War has destroyed the country. However, it seems we are either very slow learners or do not want complete …

As the Afghan authorities have geared up for two-day summit in Brussels to secure the targeted aid of $4 billion, the European Union is secretly planning to make the aid conditional. As per a leaked restricted memo, the EU will ask Afghanistan to accept 80,000 deported asylum seekers in return …

Fighting terrorism is a shared responsibility of the South Asian countries as well as the international community. Genuine commitment and sincere efforts can ensure long-lasting peace and stability in the region and usher in era of economic development and global cooperation. Sadly, when the other regions are inching closer towards …

Pakistan is engaged in a continued propaganda war against Afghanistan and India as the key regional and global players are trying to isolate Pakistan for its support to domestic and trans-national terrorists groups. These groups have wrecked havoc in the region. These terror outfits kill and injure scores of innocent …

Parliamentary and district councils’ polls have been pushed back by the government as the unity government leaders wanted to inject heavy dose of reforms in the ailing electoral bodies—Independent Election Commission and Independent Electoral Complaints Commission. People from all walks of life want to see electoral reforms taking place, but …

The so-called National Unity Government is said to have lost legitimacy, creating problems that have encouraged some politicians and lawyers to give advice how to get out of the ‘current crises’. The government was shared between the two front-runners in the 2014 presidential runoff in which none of them could …

Terrorism is wrecking havoc in different parts of the world. No one is feeling safe in the modern world which has become global village. Not only Asia and Africa have braved terror attacks but Europe and the United States is also facing serious threats. Recent terror attacks in the United …

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has been regularly slammed for its inability to address key regional issues such as terrorism, insecurity, poverty, unified banking system, free trade and movement of people. Inflexible stance and adventurist policies of Pakistan are major barriers that hamper growth of SAARC. Islamabad …