Editorial

Appalling news once again smacked Afghanistan, this time not about any big explosion or targeted killings or other terrible act of violence. It’s about the whole country where 50 percent of the country lives somewhere highly affected by armed conflict. Afghanistan is one of the deadliest places in the world …

With no doubt, the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have become the pride of the nation for their professionalism and patriotism. The transformation has seen over 19 years of these brave forces are impressive and worth-appreciation. It won’t be wrong to claim they are built with the courage …

The air over the capital city of Kabul looks like the bricklaying factories that use plastics and tires as fuel at the eastern and northern outskirts of the city and that blacken the surrounding area with smoke. The air of the capital city is just black and one cannot see …

Different types of attacks have been recently targeted very innocent people in Kabul and the provinces. The people who are not and have never been in the battlefields against Taliban or any other armed group so the attackers could have an excuse to justify that they have taken revenge of …

Most of the people, around the world, have grown up being taught the importance of education. Education goes so much beyond what you think when initially going to schools or universities. This is not only to get a job or make parents happy. In fact, it’s one of the most …

Afghanistan has merely stuck with two big predicaments – the ongoing war and the endemic corruption. Coronavirus pandemic is indeed one the biggest quandary, but its universal phenomenon, and the vaccine is already out. Nevertheless, the war in the country is turning to its most hideous ever. At least 50 …

We are not a nation to have chosen an ideology of war and also to persist on it all the time. We are a peaceful nation and it has been historically proven. The current war is an absolute imposed one by the alignment of some foreign countries plus domestic elements …

Afghan and Taliban peace negotiators had announced a three-week pause in the ongoing talks in Doha. The Kabul peace team will arrive back home today (Monday) – really no idea where the Taliban negotiators will go. Both sides shared initial lists of agenda items and conducted preliminary discussion on the …

Kabul once used to be a pretty nice place for the foreigners and for the residents itself. Kabul was so peaceful and possessed an astonishing beauty with magnificent weather that many high-ranking officials even today are recalling those historic days. While remembering those breathtaking days in Kabul, some key figures …

Agreement between the United States and the Taliban represents a milestone in the war that began with the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan following 9/11. This paved the way for direct talks between the Afghan and Taliban peace negotiators. However, the agreement is not actually a peace deal; rather it is …