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Afghanistan: On the Verge of Population Crisis
June 21,2021 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Although the population crisis is one of the major rising problems in the world, this is a more serious issue in third world countries such as Afghanistan...
Love Thy Lord, Not An Individual
June 21,2021 | Abid Hussain Rather
Human life never runs smooth and it is always unpredictable, uncertain and changeable. With the passage of time our life changes because our surroundings as well as our life situations change...
Afghanistan Power Master Plan and SDG7 Perspective
June 20,2021 | Mohsen Entezary
Afghanistan with high estimated percentage of working class and middle class, massive urbanization, exponential growth in residential energy demand and highly need of energy ..
A Half-Century of Endless Drug War
June 20,2021 | Helen Clark
Fifty years ago this week, US President Richard Nixon declared that drug abuse was “public enemy number one” requiring a “tough on crime” approach ...
The Progress of Afghan Women under a Modern and Moderate Cultural System
June 19,2021 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Unlike previous historical periods, Afghan women have had sufficient achievements in the last two decades. With a modern and moderate cultural approach, Afghan woman has not ...
The Benefits of Bottom-Up Entrepreneurship
June 19,2021 | M. Niaz Asadullah and Mishkatur Rahman
As Bangladesh turns 50 this year, the country has much to celebrate. Its human-development progress has been exceptional compared to that of its South Asian neighbors...
Afghan Gov to Combat a Protracted / Entrenched Insurgency After the Planned Withdrawals of the US / NATO Forces
June 16,2021 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Taliban insurgents have increased & continued their unabetted assaults on Afghan Government forces across the country since the US announcement to withdraw forces ...
Herd Immunity Is Closer Than You Think
June 16,2021 | Bill Emmott
When will the world have vaccinated 80% of all adults, the level presumed by scientists to produce herd immunity against COVID-19? Most people’s answer is 2023 or 2024 ...
Reactions to the continuation of Hazara massacre or genocide in Afghanistan
June 15,2021 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
In Simultaneity with the withdrawal of the US forces, mysterious waves of attacks have begun targeting Hazara people in Afghanistan. These mysterious attacks have been ...
The Return of the Finance Threat?
June 15,2021 | Mohamed A. El-Erian
After the 2008 global financial crisis, governments and central banks in advanced economies vowed that they would never again let the banking system hold policy hostage ...
World Day Against Child Labour Marks Under Shadow of War and Virus in Afghanistan
June 14,2021 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
June 12 as World Day against Child Labor has marked in national and international level. At the national level, it is said that there are about 6 million child laborers while they ...
America Must Rediscover Human-Rights Realism
June 14,2021 | Robert D. Kaplan
It is neither an accident nor a coincidence that China is committing what many call genocide against Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang, and that Russia has jailed the dissident Alexei ...
The Successive Power Outage and Public Anger in Afghanistan
June 13,2021 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
The Successive Power Outage and Public Anger in Afghanistan
Unfortunately, the destruction of power pylons has become a chronic problem in Afghanistan....
The Virus Next Time
June 13,2021 | Kevin Rudd
As more developed countries begin to feel as though they have made it to the other side of the COVID-19 crisis, two striking realities are coming into view. First, one can clearly ...
What Are the Reasons Behind the Tactical Retreats or Fall of districts in Afghanistan?
June 12,2021 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
In recent weeks and months, the war and violence have intensified throughout Afghanistan. From north to south and east to west including central parts of the country have ...
An Update on the Cuban Missile Crisis
June 12,2021 | Nina L. Khrushcheva
As US President Joe Biden prepares to meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the stakes might not seem all that high. With bilateral relations at a ...
Reform or Revolution in Global Health?
June 09,2021 | Precious Matsoso, Paulo Buss, and Leigh Kamore Haynes
The World Health Organization’s governing body of health ministers has responded to a call from dozens of world leaders for a new international treaty for pandemic ...
Mapping the Path to Carbon Neutrality
June 09,2021 | Hong Nam-ki
Unlike the United States, Europe, and other early industrializers whose carbon dioxide emissions have largely already peaked, most other countries were not concerned about climate ...
Afghan Youths and their deterrent factors in social and political Participation
June 08,2021 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Although Afghan youth form more than two-thirds of the country’s population as a powerful factor for change, they have been marginalized participating ...
The Inflation Red Herring
June 08,2021 | Joseph E. Stiglitz
Slight increases in the rate of inflation in the United States and Europe have triggered financial-market anxieties. Has US President Joe Biden’s administration risked ...
Is Islamabad’s New Stance Promising Regional peace and Cooperation?
June 07,2021 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
In recent days, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, expressed promising views about its relations with Afghanistan, India, and regional cooperation. In regard to ...
Waste Less, Earn More
June 07,2021 | Bertrand Piccard
Our world is extraordinarily inefficient. We waste enormous quantities of energy, water, raw materials, and food. We even waste our waste and the precious resources it ...
Waste Less, Earn More
June 07,2021 | Bertrand Piccard
Our world is extraordinarily inefficient. We waste enormous quantities of energy, water, raw materials, and food. We even waste our waste and the precious resources it ...
The US and NATO Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan and Its Impacts at National and Regional Levels (part 2 of 2)
June 06,2021 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
With the resilience of the Taliban insurgence in mind, the US military commanders seem to have sketched precautionary measures by repositioning the US forces in the neighboring ...
Investing in Data Saves Lives
June 06,2021 | Mark Lowcock and Raj Shah
When the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, Afghanistan had only 300 ventilators and two intensive-care units. Early epidemiological models predicted that the country ...
The US and NATO Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan and Its Impacts at National and Regional Levels (part 1 of 2)
June 05,2021 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
President Biden’s announcement on 14 April 2021 to pull out all forces from Afghanistan beginning 1 May 2021 and that the process will complete by 11 September 2021 ...
The EU: Hazaras Carnage Must Be Stopped
June 05,2021 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
The never-ending Hazaras killings or Hazara genocide in Afghanistan have raised a lot of reactions and questions at national, regional, and international levels in recent weeks and ...
Criticizing the Pandemic
June 02,2021 | Richard Haass
It has now been a year and a half since we started living with – and too often dying from – COVID-19. Although the pandemic is by no means over, it is not too soon to take a step ...
Criticizing the Pandemic
June 02,2021 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
It has now been a year and a half since we started living with – and too often dying from – COVID-19. Although the pandemic is by no means over, it is not too soon to take ...
Harsh Rhetoric, Controversial Issues Challenge Peace Process
June 01,2021 | Hujjatullah Zia
After high-level exchanges between Kabul and Islamabad earlier this year, a sense of bonhomie emerged between the two sides and Pakistani officials reiterated their support ...
India and Peace in Afghanistan: Challenges in Perspectives
June 01,2021 | Dr. Rajkumar Singh
India’s traditional friendship and understanding with Afghanistan derailed decades ago when Taliban was created in 1994 and two years later took power in Kabul ...
Peace Remains Elusive
May 31,2021 | Hujjatullah Zia
The checkered past reveals the fact that Afghanistan has been the hotbed of different ideologies. War and peace root in political and social facts – the current instability proves ...
Tackling Asia’s Plastic Pollution
May 31,2021 | Jed Alegado, Clemens Kunze, and Kevin Li
Less than a century ago, most products in Asia were made mainly from natural materials, and were built to last or to biodegrade easily. People wrapped food in leaves or paper ...
The Afghan Media and Their Peace-Building Potential
May 30,2021 | Mohd. Sakhi Rezaie
Media can play a vital role in Peace Building in Afghanistan. One of the key issues to be interrogated by media researchers in relation to conflicted societies is the extent ...
Europe’s Strategic Autonomy Trap
May 30,2021 | Clemens Fuest
When it comes to economic growth, Europe has been lagging behind the world’s other major economic powers – the United States and China – for some time. No surprise ...