The Weariness of the War

January 27, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai

The weariness of the war in Afghanistan is really becoming evident with each passing day. The most can be seen within the attitude of decision makers and troops of international community engaged in Afghanistan. Most of them believe that earlier ...

Afghan Shadow over India

January 27, 2013 | Tufail Ahmad

Afghanistan has a treacherous history. In 1839, Shah Shuja was appointed by the British as the ruler of Afghanistan and was assassinated soon after the colonial masters left. As the United ..

“Energy for the Future”

January 27, 2013 | "R.H." Mohammad

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), in the nearest quarter of century, the mankind will face two simultaneous global threats. There are a shortage of energy ...

Post-2014 Economic Challenges

January 26, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai

In the post 2014 scenario, Afghanistan would be facing myriads of challenges in order to guarantee security and stability in the country as the international troops withdraw from the country. It does not only require determination and ...

US’s Democratic Prominence

January 26, 2013 | Asmat Yari

It was an enormous gathering of 0.8 million Americans cheering, shouting and airing flags with zeal and anxiousness worth seeing, waiting for Obama’s inauguration 2nd term ...

Man Fears Men

January 26, 2013 | Abdul Samad Haidari

Perhaps today’s controversial and complex circumstances create fear and horror in the world due to uncontrolled mistakes, errors, crimes and sin. Lack of knowledge and awareness is the ...

The Interest of the People as a Whole

January 23, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai

The basic question about a democratic system is that whether it protects the liberty and rights of the people as whole or it protects the liberty of every individual. Does it let the individuals be sacrificed for the mass or mass ...

Budge Approval and Troubled Parliament

January 23, 2013 | Masood Korosh

After intermittent harsh arguments inside the lower house of the parliament, the budget plan for fiscal year 1392 in Islamic calendar was approved on Sunday, January 20; comparing to total ...

Understanding Back-Biting

January 23, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah

There are some problems with the habits or behaviors that are clear for all and a person himself knows about it and repents when he returns to his senses. A person who is in habit of getting angry ...

Security Threats Continue

January 22, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai

The tranquility in the capital Kabul is once again getting very serious. In a period of less than a week there have two major attacks at two important places. The heralds of peace talks and peaceful end to the so-called war against terrorism seem nothing ...

Elucidating Taliban’s Disposition!

January 22, 2013 | Asmatyari

Afghanistan has been a battle ground for over a century between regional and international power players, exercising their desired interests. Following the Soviet withdrawal in 1989 and the collapse of the Afghan communist 

Living in the Present

January 22, 2013 | Muhammad Rasool Shah

The staffroom of Rome university is considered to be the unique of its kind in the whole world because of its two distinct qualities; one is due to the presence of those great minds that ...

Institutionalization of Cultural Skills

January 21, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai

There are certain aspects of culture and there are certain objects, which are really praise-worthy and show great skills and concentration. Almost every culture in the world has such objects and such skills. Some of the skills are universal, i.e. they ...

Loya Jirga and Post-2014 Troops

January 21, 2013 | Abbas Daiyar

After coming from Washington, President Karzai has said he will call a Loya Jirga to decide on the matter of legal immunity for the US troops to remain after 2014. It was an ...

“Energy for the Future”

January 21, 2013 | "R.H." Mohammad

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), in the nearest quarter of century, the mankind will face two simultaneous global threats. There are a shortage of energy resources and ...

Landmines, IED’s and Poor Afghans

January 20, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai

Though the lives of Afghan people have changed to a considerable extent after the downfall of Taliban, the ordinary Afghans living in remote areas still face myriads of problems. These problems threaten the lives of the people to a large extent and unfortunately not many ...

TRUE SAVIORS

January 20, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah

In the school, final exams were in progress. During the exam, no student was allowed to keep a mobile phone so before the paper started, the mobiles were collected on teacher’s desk from ...

The Legal Immunity for US Soldiers

January 20, 2013 | Masood Korosh

Early this month President Karzai paid a visit to Washington where he held talks with President Obama and other top US political officials. Apparently, he could get the agreement of his ...

Depleting Water Resources and Food Shortage

January 19, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai

Food and water are two of the basic sources of energy for human beings. It would be impossible for human beings to live without them; therefore, human beings require to use them wisely and, at the same time, find out news ways of producing them and ...

Free Media Aids Democracy to Flourish

January 19, 2013 | Asmatyari

Formerly, men were known to three pillars of state, namely: executive, legislature and judiciary. Conversely, 21st century has brought with it a fourth pillar of state. As the information age ...

We Must Preserve Our Culture

January 19, 2013 | Abdul SamadHaidari

Educated and well-civilized parents teach their children the roots and wings. The roots to know, where the home is and the wings to fly away and exercise what has been taught to them to keep them ...

Taliban’s Attack in Capital

January 17, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai

On Wednesday, January 16, Kabul experienced another brazen attack by Taliban insurgents. The attack was carried out near Afghan intelligence service office and resulted in the death of six suicide bombers and a National Directorate of Security (NDS) agent ...

In Today’s Society

January 17, 2013 | Muhammad Rasool Shah

Many years ago, a friend of mine asked my advice to admit his son in a good and well-reputed English Language institute. I did not know that he may be having a son old enough to join any ...

Baseless Foreign-Phobia

January 17, 2013 | Masood Korosh

The news that President Obama’s administration was assessing zero military presence option in Afghanistan pushed the environment of fear and wariness a degree hotter. If the decision becomes ...

The System of Rules

January 16, 2013 | Dilawar Sharzai

As human societies kept on evolving, the necessity for codified rules and regulations started being felt intensely. With the societies turning more complex and human relations and interaction becoming more frequent and usual, the requirement of marking ...

The Tragedy of Addiction

January 16, 2013 | Masood Korosh

Today while walking on the Kote-Sangi’s recently built bridge, there were tens of drug-addicted people sitting, covering heads and smoking different kinds of drugs. Every ...

Hazara: A Peaceful Community

January 16, 2013 | Muhammad Younas

It was around 9pm in Pakistan, almost a freezing night on Thursday 10th of January 2013 and I was talking to my cousin on Skype. While talking, he told me that he heard of an ...

Human Sanity and World Order

January 15, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai

Since ages human beings have been striving for a better world to live in. The basic intentions behind 'human will' to design society and endeavors to develop political systems have been to fill human world with ...

The Quetta Tragedy and Victory of Justice

January 15, 2013 | Muhammad Rasool Shah

No doubt, the tragedy in Quetta of Pakistan was one of the worst in history which shook the hearts of all those who saw the sad incident on media and filled the eyes of millions with ...

Administrative Reforms Needed to Curtail Corruption?

January 15, 2013 | Asmat Yari

The rampant mishandling of resources, misuse of public office, and position of trust, veiled methods for sanctioning or rewarding those who hold positions of public trust through a system of checks ...

Patterns of Social Change

January 13, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai

The course of history in different societies and states has been dominantly guided by social and political changes. These changes have been able to attract the attentions of social and political scientists to a large extent as they are responsible ...

Qazi Hussain Ahmad: The Jihadist Patriarch

January 13, 2013 | Dr. Mohammad Taqi

Somewhere in the early 1980’s I walked into the Markazi Urdu Board Library in Seokarno Square, Peshawar. I was there to see the librarian, Maulana Fazle Ma’bood, a family ...

GOVERNMENT: ff-fff—Fight! Avoid Killing Your Brothers

January 13, 2013 | Masood Korosh

Meeting with a police who claimed to have fought at the forefront with militants told me an interesting story. He said that during training, they are told to avoid killing militants, instead do their ...

Class Disparity and Afghan Society

January 13, 2013 | Dilawar Sherzai

The social and political changes in Afghanistan, in the post-Taliban scenario, have been able to cast diverse effects on Afghan society. Among different changes the stratification of society into rich and power classes is a dominant one. The ...

EVIL GAMES!

January 13, 2013 | Mohammad Rasool Shah

Cold war was a strange era of conspiracies and fears. The world was divided into two blocs and both the blocs feared each other. This fear never let them take rest and they continued their ...