Pakistan by playing duplicity in war on terror, at the same time pretending as a victim and even trustworthy ally to the United States, Islamabad was never thought her husband (Washington) one day will divorce her over its lies and deceit. US said his wife has given nothing but lies …
Read More »ED: Enemy so close
In the wake of Thursday night’s terrorist attack in the eastern outskirts of the capital in which reportedly 13 police officers were martyred and nearly 20 others including civilians wounded, police and military sources claimed that a “terrorist network” was active. Commander of Kabul garrison, Afzal Aman said that the …
Read More »Editorial: End the conflict
We, the Afghan masses want the longest war that continues to trudge on and the bodies continue to pile up, to be ended fully. We don’t accept any excuse for the prolonging war, when the enemies and their hideouts are like open book to us all. Alongside Afghanistan, regional countries, …
Read More »Editorial: Mega-regional projects this year
2018 will be a year of opportunity, and transparency. We hope that, and taking it as a year toward having a better tomorrow from what we are suffering today. 2017 was a real roller coaster, serving up optimism and pessimism in equal measures. We have witnessed deadly attacks, with martyring …
Read More »Editorial: Boom Boom Donald Trump
The US President Donald Trump by acknowledging the very obvious truth has taken realistic and widely popular approach on Pakistan in the beginning of the New Year, 2018. Slamming Pakistan for its lies and duplicity with no end in sight, President Trump in his first tweet of the year said, …
Read More »Editorial: Bye 2017—best of luck in 2018
Year 2017 ended with mix results—happiness and sadness—also some achievements and drawbacks to the National Unity Government. Political frication was also here within the government—it was at boiling point. We have long road to reach the required progress. But the hard-earned gains of the past 16 years in the areas …
Read More »Editorial; Kabul weather deadly for masses
The ongoing war may kill thousands of civilians a year, but choking air pollution in the capital Kabul is also deadly as its silent killer. Signs of silent killer—pollutants emitted by old cars, poor quality fuel and people burning trash—are everywhere on the city’s chaotic streets. A new Study has …
Read More »ED: CPEC to CAPEC—three states benefit
There is no doubt that trilateral cooperation between Afghanistan, China and Pakistan—the hostile neighbor that even not thinking to stop backing militant extremists, on the Belt and Road initiative by our friendly, and peace lover neighbor ‘China’, would benefit all the three states. Relations between Kabul and Beijing have been …
Read More »ED: Daesh’s threat more serious than Taliban
At the beginning of 2015 when rumors spread that Daesh had found a footstep in Afghanistan, almost everybody did not consider it serious. The reason was that government troops were preparing to confront Taliban militants just a couple of months after the NATO-led international coalition officially announced the end of …
Read More »Editorial: Night raids
You may have no choice but to feed the Taliban insurgents who came to your house in the night, fully armed, and demanded food. This does not make you combatant. But it can leave you at risk of another visit in the night; even live threat would be there. That’s …
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