Editorial

Full-grown in behavior of political leadership, especially the road taken by Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah on Atta Mohammad Noor’s recent remark, has deeply impressed the Afghan masses, showing political maturity is here at highest level. We are all praise the maturity shown to twist the hullabaloo into a calm scene. …

The principles of self-determination and territorial integrity are two significant principles applicable to international law and politics. It explains that countries have the right to freely determine their sovereignty and international politics status without external interference and it restricts countries to avoid promoting border changes or secessionist movements in other …

With majority of votes, the Wolesi Jirga or lower house of the parliament approved a presidential decree prohibiting torture at prisons and detention centers. It has been approved after some amendments were incorporated by judicial commission of the house in some articles. The lawmakers modified the sixth and 13th articles …

Do we live in political prison—some may say yes, but others no. What would be fortune to turn our country into a prison, where none feels free from high-ranking government officials to ordinary one? For those who see this pessimistically, they may argue that whole word is a prison. But …

The United States Vice President Mike Pence in his first visit to Afghanistan, called on Pakistan to stop sheltering the armed groups that are carrying out attacks in Afghanistan. In a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani and other senior Afghan leaders, he emphasized on his country’s commitments in support of …

Every day women are suffering from some form of domestic violence that has extremely damaging effect on their physical and mental well-being. If we talk about violence impact on health, surely it has a wide ranging negative effect as the consequent hormonal changes altered immune system, damage growth and development, …

Directly or indirectly there are some indications that government and some foreign allies are supporting and favoring making militia group to fight against insurgents and help bring peace and stability in the country. There is considering training and arming 20,000 civilians to fight against insurgents—but there is fear the local …

The pain etched on refugee faces on Greek and Turkish shores does not remain there. Hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees in Europe, Pakistan, and Iran are being forced to return home. The minister of refugees and repatriation, Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi, said it was initially expected that over a …

Afghanistan is going to hold the long-delayed parliamentary and district council elections which are being scheduled on July 7, 2018—some three years after they were meant to take place. Without doubt, the success of polls will depend on proper funding and of course better security environment. Certainly, the government can’t …

Indeed, Afghanistan has been enjoying warmest relations with two global giants—China and India, and the relations have been all the time affectionate and friendly. In the 21st century, relations have improved significantly with giving hope to the war-hit country, Afghanistan toward having a brighter future with support of New Delhi …