Afghanistan has been pushed deeper into an already dire food security crisis plus hunger and harsh winter, already exacerbated by the covid-19 pandemic. Extreme weather events, ongoing conflict and high food prices, would leave millions of Afghans at the verge of acute hunger. Thousands of homeless Afghans are huddling on …
Read More »Editorial: Beyond fragility
The ongoing intra-Afghan talks and the US-Taliban deal would have significant implications for Afghanistan’s future political order. The result of the talks is currently (deadlock) and both sides apparently in no mood of compromise. This makes things more complicated and could even lead to the collapse of the process. Negotiations …
Read More »Editorial: Coronavirus and Afghanistan
Covid-19 cases in Afghanistan is pigmenting toward a slight spike in the recent week with 166 fresh cases on Tuesday and three deaths and 146 cases on Wednesday with four deaths. Afghanistan has taken many measures to combat the virus, but it also faces with abundance challenges, many of which …
Read More »Editorial: Bogus presumption
An astonishing claim made by Mawlana Hamidul Haq, the older son of late Mawlana Samiul Haq, the spiritual father of the Taliban group in Pakistan that the Taliban won the war and has the right to enforce Islamic law. He called on the Afghan government to surrender to them. His …
Read More »Editorial: Expectations form Biden
Joe Biden, 77, was elected as 46th President of the United States, in a large distance of votes from President Trump after a controversial race. Soon after Biden was declared winner, Trump dug in for a fight. Whatever is the reaction, Trump apparently refuses to confess his defeat, rare in …
Read More »Editorial: Deadly conspiracy looming
Not sure how much the heartbreak Afghan nation could take for the loss of their beloved ones as deadly violence continues on daily basis. Terrible and sad news are making the day of Afghans. Kabul citizens wake up on Saturday morning with yet other heart-wrenching news of a blast that …
Read More »Editorial: They can’t drag us into darkness
Our symbol of unity and national identity – most importantly a home of knowledge to our poor and, rich but endowed Afghan boys and girls, the Kabul University, the pride of our country and a place of brotherhood and sisterhood who bond and teach us unity and the way of …
Read More »Editorial: Education will prevail
Whatever their names or titles, they are capable of carrying complex attacks in Afghanistan to kill our innocent people. They have redoubled its barbarism to reach one goal—weakening Afghanistan to such a stage to have zero scholars, or educated young generation. Their core intention is to indiscriminately kill Afghans no …
Read More »Editorial: Protection of civilians, responsibility of all sides
In an effort to understand what is exactly happening to the Doha talks and why has the violence surged despite the call for de-escalation at a time when the civilian casualties hit the highest point, responsibility utterly lays to the government to enlighten citizens on the process. The government and …
Read More »Editorial: Terrorism is condemned
A deadly scourge of violence has descended upon Afghanistan, precipitating the internecine war and human suffering and dashing hopes for peace. Violence has reached a crescendo with a paroxysmal burst of brutal attacks against the civilian population and the brave Afghan forces. A terrorist attack killed 24 people, mostly students, …
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