Editorial

Citizens and public representatives in the parliament have times and again expressed their serious concerns over protracted delay in appointment of new governors and defense minister. Sadly, the leaders are showing no sign of being convinced or worried over a host of challenges that trouble public and which has arrested …

President’s special envoy for reforms and good governance, Ahmad Zia Massoud, directed officials concerned to recover the grabbed state-land, right away. He said Wednesday that grabbing of state-land continued in the past decade as no institution could stem the tide. Massoud vowed the government will support efforts of the justice …

Maulvi Abdul Wahid Tayyebi, High Peace Council head of Badakhshan chapter, said Monday that local Taliban were eager to join peace process but foreign fighters didn’t allow them to do so. According to him over 175 militants joined Afghan-led peace process over the past year. The group of these militants …

After a long time, some good has been happening in the region. Afghanistan and Iran on Sunday announced plans for enhanced security cooperation to fight threats from the Daesh, including possibility of joint military operations and intelligence information sharing regarding drug production, trafficking and human trafficking. Relations have remained turbulent …

They did it for the first time. And their attack was really horrific. It shook the brain of the security apparatus as well as the nation. Now we are faced with a double whammy. When we were desperately yearning the Taliban must quit violence, here came another devil—Daesh (the ISIS). …

It started with the collusion. Without collusion such a biggest blow cannot be dealt to the Afghan national army troops, who are well trained in the defense of the country and ever never show their back. But yes despite that it’s a shocking and heart-wrenching blow. In a major assault …

The Taliban are no more in power, but Afghan women are still caught in the cobweb of centuries-old and outdated social norms. There is no end in sight to miseries of girls and women despite high claims of leaders about democracy and institutionalizing in the past over 13 years. They …

Politics has always overshadowed economic growth opportunities in South Asia because for decades the former has been deemed vital than the latter. There is no denying to the bleak fact that there are more arch rivals in South Asia than any other region we could find on the world map. …

This is a biggest scam, similar to the Kabul Bank scam. The scam is about US$200 million in defense contracts. The trials are going on. Irregularities have been reported. But none has been put behind the bars. Irregularities? Yes. Is it a crime? Yes. Then why they are roaming free, …

As a good sign, a first ever female mart has been opened in the central Bamyan province. Yes, the same Bamyan which made headlines worldwide when the Taliban destroyed Buddha’s largest statue. Opening of the women mart is something one cannot even think about, let alone making it happen. But …