Afghan officials have failed times and again to employee diplomacy properly and secure the national interests. Sometimes they ignore the protocols and most of the times they overlook importance of diplomacy in the international politics to present aspirations of Afghans. Recently, the PTI-led government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) denied giving …
Read More »The stranded quake-victims and the Taliban
The winter is already in. The government is engrossed in battling the Taliban in Warduj district of the Taliban-infested Badakhshan province. The quake-victim people in this Badakhshan, in desperate need of aid, are at risk of being ignored. The government is looked lost—as it doesn’t have the capacity to battle …
Read More »ISIS in Syria and in Afghanistan
The probe into the crash of Russia passenger plane in the Sinnai Peninsula has been concluded. The crux of the probe is either a bomb explosion or a catastrophic mechanic failure caused the crash. The ISIS (known across the Muslim world as Daesh), has claimed responsibility. ISIS and targeting a …
Read More »Better to realize late than never
The National Unity Government has realized now that overlooking India, in the initial months of coming into existence, was a mistake. Yet another mistake was heavily relying on Pakistan. To correct that mistake a need was ever felt that Kabul must increase defense ties with India, but again the government …
Read More »Kabul’s flawed response to Berlin
Afghanistan in a controversial nod, will take back all its citizens to be deported from Germany, as Berlin is struggling to accommodate hundreds of thousands of refugees and other migrants who have arrived in the European country. The nod by the Afghan government is controversial. The government earned sharp criticism …
Read More »Murky US policy and pervasive violence in Afghanistan
Why violence today is worse than it was a few years back? Is this happening just because of the US or some domestic factors are also responsible? If the United States is failing in curbing the terror, yes the terror, it had lit in a joint venture with some Muslim …
Read More »War on poppy cultivation
The US government’s watchdog on spending for Afghanistan released a report on American war on drug in Afghanistan. According to the report the US has spent 8.4 billion on counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan since 2002, yet this country still remains the world’s largest producer of opium. The aid that came …
Read More »Why the Taliban target our education?
What did the Taliban do to us? And see their indifference. They still claim to be fighting for Afghans. There is perhaps no act of cruelty left they didn’t do. From bombing funeral prayers to exhuming dead bodies and punishing them, from bombing markets to targeting schools, from poisoning schoolgirls …
Read More »Russia concerned over IS spread in Afghanistan
As the Islamic State (IS) is making inroads in Afghanistan, Russia is considering it a growing risk to Central Asia. The head of Russian’s Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov, said the militants in Afghanistan who have switched sides to IS pose a growing threat to Central Asia. He also said …
Read More »Iran rakes up water dispute
This region is locked in a perpetual state of conflict. This conflict has been ensued by some unsettled disputes over lands, and water resources. The problem is the rights of small nations that are being usurped and whenever the small nations ask for their rights, regional tensions erupt. For instance, …
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