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, …
Read More »Editorial: Countering normalization of anti-peace rhetoric
In the last several weeks, fighting has been continuing in 24 out of 34 provinces, leaving scores of people dead and wounded. Taliban have increased its attack and bombing. The message of the surge is clear and coldblooded. The Taliban ground fighters showed no intention of reducing violence even as …
Read More »Editorial: The agents of darkness
This is not the first incident of attacking a private facility, offering courses for students in higher education in Kabul. Nearly 100 high school students were killed and injured. Such agents of darkness, better to call it, the devil force, have recurrently conducted this inhumane attack. This is neither the …
Read More »Editorial: No sign of ending war
The Taliban group has doubled offensives against the Afghan security forces around the country. Even the peace deal with the U.S. and the current peace talks with the Afghan delegation in Doha, failed to encourage the Taliban to stop the war or at least reduce the violence. There is no …
Read More »Editorial: Abdication of leadership
On Wednesday, we faced another sad reality—abdication of leadership. The immense incompetence and carelessness is speaking for itself louder than before. Mismanagement has caused a heartbreaking incident of stampede that broke out among the Afghan masses who gathered at a stadium in Jalalabad city to get visas for Pakistan trip. …
Read More »Editorial: A glimpse of hope in the dark
Spiraling status quo of the Afghan conflict has overshadowed the negotiations among the Afghan and Taliban peace delegations, working on a new formula to end the war which is continuing for nearly 20 years with no end in sight thus far. With the peace process going on the air, the …
Read More »Editorial: Delicate peace deal
Spiraling of violence could be proven risky to the fragile peace deal between the US and the Taliban group. Shelving nearly months of silence over unprecedented levels of violence around Afghanistan, the US point-man for peace has raced up the escalation of violence, believing inflammatory rhetoric does not advance peace, …
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