::. Opinion
The Chaotic Parliament and Fracture of Democracy
Updated on Febraury 22, 2012 by Mehdi Rezaie
The nascent democracy in Afghanistan is struggling to gain traction and get off the ground of seemingly insurmountable challenges that confront it today. The bizarre happenings in the parliament a few days ago were indeed appalling. The controversies surrounding the proposed impeachment of two ...
The Certain Uncertainties
Updated on Febraury 22, 2012 by Dilawar Sherzai
The contemporary socio-political scenario in Afghanistan and the future of affairs seem to be going through a very foggy atmosphere. Nothing seems to be getting clear and evident. The ambiguities are casting a very dark shadow that is incapacitating the vision to see the destination. The deadline for withdrawal is getting closer with each ...
The Stigma of Terrorism for Tehran
Updated on Febraury 22, 2012 by Jawad Rahmani
It has been decades that words of 'terrorism' and 'terror' have entered into global, social, psychological and political literature, and social scientists are struggling to find reasons behind why groups and individuals turn into terror activities. However, terror-like activities can be traced long back into history as there ...
No End of History and No Last man - Fukuyama Backtracks
Updated on Febraury 21, 2012 by Mehdi Rezaie
The world, today, is going through a historic era whose repercussions will stay with mankind for generations to come. The decades ahead will define the future of humanity and how the lives of billions of people worldwide will be scripted for generations to come. The challenges ahead of humanity, at this ...
The Escalating Frustration
Updated on Febraury 21, 2012 by Dilawar Sherzai
The frustration seems to be rising in Afghanistan's Presidential office regarding the reconciliation process with Taliban and the future of Afghanistan. The government does not seem to be in a very clear position regarding its stand about the socio-political scenario. The ambiguities are not only clear from the different incidents ...
Taliban and the future of Afghanistan
Updated on Febraury 21, 2012 by Nazir Hussain Merzaie
Afghanistan is the heart of Asia - a country with a lot of honor and precious treasure. But who is the real enemy of peace in Afghanistan? In response to this difficult question we can only mention the name of ''Taliban Regime'' and their supporters. Taliban are such as people who do not recognize themselves. So, how can they ...
The Tri-lateral Meeting and Ambiguities
Updated on Febraury 20, 2012 by Jawad Rahmani
The two-day long trilateral meeting among heads of the states of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Asif Ali Zardari and Hamid Karzai ended and they took part in a joint news conference late Friday, February 17, 2012. The discussion generally circulated around peace and stability in the region and tightening economic ...
Freezing Cold and Afghan Children
Updated on Febraury 20, 2012 by Dilawar Sherzai
As the current wave of extremely cold and snowy weather continues in Kabul and northern and central provinces, more people are being victimized by it. As there are many who do not have the basic requirements of life and the facilities to fight against such an extreme weather, the concerns have increased. The poor ...
Uncertain Future of Press Freedom in Afghanistan
Updated on Febraury 20, 2012 by Ahmad Quraishi
Press freedom is one of the important achievements of the past ten years of current government of Afghanistan, which has been obtained with the involvement and support of the international community. Now that the gradual withdrawal of the international troops are speeding up and the talks with the Taliban, who from the roots of ...
The Outlook of Afghanistan Beyond 2014
Updated on Febraury 19, 2012 by Mehdi Rezaie
Afghanistan has been at the lap of the international community over the past one decade. Significant improvements in various spheres as diverse as economic development to human rights to promotion of political pluralism have been achieved. The challenges ahead, nonetheless, are formidable; in fact so massive that the future of ...
Time to Get Pragmatic
Updated on Febraury 19, 2012 by Dilawar Sherzai
One of the most important aspects of endeavors for a peaceful life in Afghanistan is its relations with the neighboring countries. It is not possible for Afghanistan to fight the menace of terrorism alone. It requires the support and cooperation of the neighboring countries to a great extent. International community has been playing a dominant role ...
Taliban Infiltrators in ANA
Updated on Febraury 19, 2012 by Abbas Daiyar
The Defense Ministry is uncertain about whether to implement a new policy draft nationwide, asking all members of the Afghan National Army whose families live in Pakistan, to bring them to Afghanistan or leave the Army. In response to the recent rise of infiltrators and incidents of ANA soldiers turning up their weapons on ISAF ...
The Surge of Unrealistic and Clichéd Notions about Taliban
Updated on Febraury 18, 2012 by Mehdi Rezaie
The conflict in Afghanistan, now in its fourth decade, is one of the most complex and longest in the world's contemporary history. In comparison with other such conflicts, the one in Afghanistan stands out as a peculiar one in which the line between internal civil strife and external aggression is blurred. The mosaic of stakeholders ...
“Good Governance” and Afghanistan
Updated on Febraury 18, 2012 by Dilawar Sherzai
Afghanistan is going through a transition period which involves the transfer of security responsibilities from international troops to Afghan authorities. At the same time it is being considered that transition of security arrangements alone would not solve the issues in Afghanistan; rather the overall scenario has to go ...
A Holistic Approach to Fight Violence against Women
Updated on Febraury 18, 2012 by Abdul Samad Haidari
The National and international Media rottenly report violence against women. The rights of women and children are under violation in Afghanistan and the status of women gone from bad to worst. In fact, women's rights were always practiced as a political tool by different belligerent ...
The Tokyo Conference and Afghanistan’s Development Challenges
Updated on Febraury 16, 2012 by Mehdi Rezaie
With the Bonn II Conference on Afghanistan over with limited dividends to show for it, Afghanistan is yet again gearing up for another international conference. In July of this year, governments, international organizations and other major donors will meet in Tokyo, Japan and will discuss and take on financial ...
The Political Syndrome
Updated on Febraury 16, 2012 by Jawad Rahmani
The approach of Afghan government towards a wide range of issues is vague and confusing. It seems that the administration as a whole does not have any particular, dependable, long-term and dilemma-unraveling policies. There are no clearly defined policies to which public employees, civil servants, administrator and politicians stick and ...
The Ignored Minority of Afghanistan
Updated on Febraury 16, 2012 by Mohd. Ahsan
Afghanistan is a multilingual, multicultural and multiethnic country. Of the many ethnic groups living in Afghanistan, none forms an obsolete majority. It would be quite reasonable to say that Afghan population is a cluster formed by various minority groups. In this article, we are not talking about issues pertaining Pashtuns, Tajiks, ...
Ineffective Parliament
Updated on Febraury 14, 2012 by Abbas Daiyar
Our parliament has become a weak and ineffective house of people's representatives. Besides the constitutional over-centralization of power to the President, those limited administrative and legislative powers that Wolesi Jirga has and which are supposed to be effective, have been weakened by ...
Challenges for Afghan Security Forces
Updated on Febraury 14, 2012 by Dilawar Sherzai
As there have been concerns about the capability of Afghan security forces to take on the responsibilities of security of entire nation, at the same time there are serious concerns about financing the forces as without enough financial support the security forces will not be able to overpower the foes. After the withdrawal of...