Editorial

The right of access to information is essentially the lifeblood of an informed citizenry because otherwise, in the absence of information, people remain in dark and unaware regarding their government’s performance. Afghanistan has made considerable progress since the Access to Information (ATI) Law was approved by the president in 2014 …

It has become so much commonplace in Afghanistan to see the spiral of violence tenaciously take its toll on innocent Afghans, especially children, for more than four decades. A recent report by a UK-based children’s rights organization, Save the Children, has revealed that every single child born and raised in …

It wasn’t long after the Twitter duel between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesman, Sibghatullah Ahmadi, and the Presidential Spokesman Sediq Sediqqi when reports emerged that Ahmadi has been relieved of his post over his latest “irresponsible comments.” The former spokesman bickered with Sidiqi over the warm welcome and protocol …

The US-Taliban talks officially came to a halt in early September when the US President Donald Trump stunned the world when he suddenly declared the Afghan negotiations with the Taliban “dead”.  Since the peace talks arrived at a stop, the preparations for the presidential election had been at full throttle …

The Taliban group—who repeatedly rejected to shun violence, or sit in talks with Afghan fellows, may call Saturday’s Afghan election a foreign process, alike some candidates who have full doubts over transparency of the process, but a majority of the country’s young population is already used to democracy. Over 2.5 …

Fighting continues in the 18-year-old Afghanistan war while peace remains elusive ever since the US earlier in September withdrew from a year-long series of talks with the Taliban whose main component was sealing a truce – which the parties into conflict failed to agree upon. With the Saturday’s election which …

The Afghan masses on Saturday exercised their democratic rights and voted in the 4th presidential elections to elect their new president. They once again reaffirmed their firm commitment to democracy. Polling centers were open across Afghanistan as the residents brave all-out Taliban threat. This is indeed a matter of pride …

The Afghan masses will come out today (Saturday) to elect a new President amid violent attacks by Taliban group. Afghanistan is eventually heading towards its fourth presidential polls after months of false start and doubts due to peace process started in September of 2018 and collapsed in the same month …

The Afghan masses are only five days away from a historic opportunity to elect new President of Afghanistan through a democratic system of voting. 9.6 people have registered to vote. Indeed, one of the most critical ways that individuals can influence governmental decision-making is through voting. Voting is a formal …

Afghanistan is going to choose a new president next Saturday; however, every election that Afghanistan has had over the past 19 years has been riddled with fraud and marred by violence. This is while the Taliban insurgents have already warned to target the upcoming polls. Following their attacks on a …