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By David Cameron-This year’s four hundredth anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare is not just an opportunity to commemorate one of the greatest playwrights of all time. It is a moment to celebrate the extraordinary ongoing influence of a man who – to borrow from his own description of …

As the Liberals work to fulfill an ambitious pledge to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees in just a few months, there’s one member of the Trudeau cabinet who knows more about the experience than most. Maryam Monsef, the woman who is tasked with creating a fairer way to elect a federal …

RUCHI KUMAR-Amar Sinha has been India’s ambassador to Afghanistan for the last two and a half years He is very popular among the Afghan polity and locals too Sinha saw regime changes in both countries, but feels the relationship didn’t change It’s a bittersweet moment for Amar Sinha. The man …

The announcement is heartening for India since many of the country’s projects in Afghanistan have been targeted by terrorist groups. NEW DELHI: Afghanistan has said it will raise a 7,000-member security force to guard the $10-billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (Tapi) gas pipeline project within its territory, an announcement that comes close on …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Rana Think Thank urged the Afghan government to get maximum benefit from the regional agreements aimed at speeding the development process. Speaking at the monthly gathering of Rana Think Tank, Abdul Satar Purdili said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project could be an opportunity for Afghanistan …

The moment on top of an Afghan mountain peak was one of bittersweet triumph for 20-year-old Shopirai Otmonkhel and her friend Zahra Karimi Nooristani, 18. The budding mountaineers from Kabul beamed with pride as they held up the Afghan flag after climbing to heights no Afghan woman had ever reached. …

By Malik Achakzai: Having his paternal connection to the Ahmed Shah Abdali’s top general and the conqueror of Panipath, Barkhurdar Khan Achakzai, and maternally his lineage comes from Abdullah Khan Achakzai, the martyred and sparkle of the first Anglo-Afghan war, for Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai aka Khan Shaheed his political …

This is a special write up on the 42nd Death Anniversary of Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai, an epitome of Pashtuns’ rights and resistance against the British in India, and Pakistan. He was assassinated at the age of 66 by forces of intolerance in Pakistan. By Abdul Hayee Aryan: On December …

By Farhad Naibkhel-Despite improvement in different sectors and restoration of the democratic setup after the ouster of the Taliban from power, Afghan society still remains conservative regarding women. In the past decade a very few women had succeeded in achieving their big dreams, especially female photojournalists. Working as a journalist …

|Unfortunately governance has become limited to ethnic-affiliations| Hopes were being popped beyond what the government can deliver, which created a huge gulf between the public and the government| AT-KABUL: Rana Think Tank in its monthly session discussed legitimacy of the National Unity Government (NUG) and future challenges, where the analysts …