Editorial

The peace process is seemingly back on track with confidence-building steps being taken by the belligerent parties. Although the timeline of the US-Taliban peace pact has been disrupted due to the complex realities on the ground, coming to terms on the prisoner swap promise brings optimism into the picture once …

Corona is a virus that strengthening its grip everywhere in this planet. Where there is human, there is a threat of coronavirus outbreak. Even those countries that have less infection cannot escape from its impact which would be a legacy of fragile economy. As whole, no country would remain intact. …

Despite the US-Taliban peace deal signed in last February, trust deficit and hostility could still be seen among the rivals, with non-implementation and disrupted timeline of the deal’s terms further compounding the issue. In a meeting this week in Doha, the head of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, General …

The political, or rather the presidential wrangling in Afghanistan has overshadowed many other national issues facing the country. It’s been six months since the presidential polls last year but the electoral commission-endorsed President Ashraf Ghani and self-proclaimed president of ‘inclusive government’ Dr. Abdullah Abdullah have locked horns over the mantle …

It’s agreed upon that the peace process in Afghanistan is not an affair to be solved overnight. There are many issues and stumbling blocks to be anticipated before sustainable peace is reached. By far, the implementation of the US-Taliban pact signed in February has been ticklish as sides were locked …

The political impasse stemming from disputed Afghan vote, has frustrated the Afghan masses, US administration and the foreign donors with stinging message to cut aids in Afghanistan, which is a lifeline for the fragile economy. US already withheld one billion dollars and withholds another one billion if Afghan feuding leaders, …

Subsequent to the Taliban breaking off negotiations with the Afghan government mainly due to a failure to hammer out a prisoner swap – agreed upon in the US-Taliban peace pact inked in February – the US, whose reputation is at stake at the moment, gets back at the fragile Afghan …

The Afghan presidential saga continues to disrupt the political and economic state of affairs of the country, besides spilling over into the peace process. Given the impasse among the feuding leaders – President Ashraf Ghani and self-proclaimed president of ‘inclusive government’ Abdullah Abdullah – the political elite have taken it …

More than a million cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported across the world, with over 70,000 deaths, a staggering figure that is expected to rise even further in the future. Since the first case of COVID-19 in Afghanistan, about one and a half months back, the total number …

For the past few decades, Afghanistan hasn’t been safe for any of its citizens, especially the religious and ethnic minorities. The emergence of radical terrorist groups in the past few years further added to their miseries, thanks to the Taliban for facilitating hotbed for such factions. Last month, the Daesh …