Officials in the presidential palace say that Pakistan has warned Afghan air force against any strike on the Taliban fighters in the Spin Boldak district. Spin Boldak fell to Taliban militants this week. The district lies on the so-called border crossing line of Durand that Afghanistan does not recognize as …
Read More »Editorial: Unspeakable harm to civilians
The Afghan people have remained highly confident for a better tomorrow. The more they suffered in terms of human losses and property damages, the more they showed commitment for their country with an expectation that the good days will come. But they can’t be granted forever. In the wake of …
Read More »Editorial: Complexities of the war
Afghanistan is in its defining moment. Anything terrible can happen, but it is reversible, still there is room to prevent any possible crisis in the wake of foreign troop withdrawal. We are in a whirl of unending war and turmoil. It has been for over four decades that peace or …
Read More »Editorial: Taliban changed?
Taliban had once ruled Afghanistan and its regime before invasion of America in 2001 to oust them, has been marked the darkest period in the history of Afghanistan that surely has no need for any sorts of explanation. What suffering the Afghan people went through during the Taliban regime is …
Read More »Editorial: Ghani’s false impression
The Afghan social media users made fun of President Ashraf Ghani’s claim of ordering the foreign forces to leave Afghanistan. In addition to several other false claims, Ghani made a mockery remark of- driving the U.S. forces out of Afghanistan- during his visit to the southeastern Khost province, where, he …
Read More »Editorial: What awaits Afghanistan
Since the US announced its complete September withdrawal plan, a big question has remained: what awaits Afghanistan and the region because the security situation has worsened. To understand the gravity of the crisis, we need to have a deep discussion about why the 20 years military approach has failed and …
Read More »Editorial: Chaos in the offing
Afghan people are languishing in the shadows of terror and melancholy in these dark days. The country is beleaguered by a growing insurgency and militarism and stands on the precipice of a devastating war. In the one hand, the tentacles of Taliban are spreading fast as they continue to be …
Read More »Editorial: War in Afghanistan
There are some efforts to term the war in Afghanistan as an ethnic war- with describing the Taliban’s identity to a specific tribe. The foreign policy published an article, in which, the writer believes the Afghan war will lead to an ethnic conflict. The Afghans have gone through severe conflicts …
Read More »Editorial: A legacy of failure
Clock is ticking on America’s pullout from Afghanistan, as a handful of NATO allies Germany, Czech Republic and Georgia have already withdrawn the last contingents of their troops from the war-ravaged country after two decades of fighting an insurgency that has just gained momentum by their departure – a war …
Read More »Editorial: Crystal clear
Pakistan all the time was blamed for its strong ties and support to the Taliban, a group that signed a deal with the US last year, and also intensified fighting against the Afghan security forces across the country. Pakistan authorities have never admitted their support to the Taliban openly, but …
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