I was there this August. The city reflects about what it would have been like when the Taliban had taken over. People of Swat were threatened, Islam was different, life was not normal, and nothing could possibly be related to the essence of what the city was known for. The clashes of natural beauty...
One might disagree with her political ideology, but she was a visionary and seasoned politician. Following the legacy of her charismatic father, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, she audaciously faced all perils. The father entered the gallows and the daughter intercepted the bullet. Historians will quote her as...
In the kingdom of the blind men, those who are blessed with one eye are kings. Bilawal launched his political career on Benazir’s fifth death anniversary. Hundreds of thousands of people, including Pakistan Peoples’ Party’s (PPP) workers, supporters and the party’s top leadership had congregated at ...
THE language dilemma in education remains unresolved in Pakistan because educationists fail to understand how basic language is to the child’s learning process, as also to the psyche of the speakers.Those who ignore this fundamental truth can undermine national integrity. If they are running schools...
Afghan foreign ministry says agreement for the Taliban representation in Qatar is due to be finalized in a bid to prevent sporadic sessions in other foreign countries with the Taliban group. Afghan parliament house on Tuesday summoned foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul to breif Afghan lawmakers regar...
Abdullah Gül, President of Turkey, Hamid Karzai the President of Afghanistan, and Asif Ali Zardari, the President of Pakistan, held their seventh Trilateral Summit Meeting in Ankara on 11 and 12 December 2012. The meeting took this high level dialogue, security cooperation and economic development p...
MCLEAN: In his opening Keynote Address at the "8th Annual U.S. Afghanistan Business Matchmaking Conference 2012", when describing the climate for investment during the critical "transition" period in Afghanistan, the Minster of Commerce and Industry of Afghanistan, Dr. Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi, stated tha...
At this time of year, there are always plenty of special deliveries to U.S. forces around Afghanistan. But at this coalition air base in the capital Kabul, troops are busy sorting through parcels which are not for them. This is part of the work of Operation Outreach, a military charity. The supplies...
JALALABAD, Afghanistan: The first time insurgents burned down Hazratullah’s school; he helped rebuild it with donated carpets and salvaged chalkboards. But when Taliban fighters returned with guns and gasoline, torching his makeshift seventh-grade classroom, Hazratullah decided it was time to leave....
KABUL, Afghanistan: Taliban representatives at a conference did not insist on total power in Afghanistan and pledged to grant rights to women that the militant Islamist group itself brutally suppressed in the past, according to a Taliban statement received Sunday. The pledges emerged from a rare m...
Editor’s note: Juan Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History and director of the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan. He maintains the popular blog, Informed Comment. What does 2013 have in store for Afghanistan? As NATO and U.S. forces beg...
Washington : India wants to deny Pakistan strategic depth in Afghanistan and ensure its interests are not attacked there but has little interest in inflaming Islamabad's sentiments by playing a large security role, a Congressional report has said, terming Kabul's handling of its two crucial neighbor...
NEW DELHI: Afghanistan is taking another shot at a reconciliation drive with the Taliban. Once again, Kabul wants to "collaborate" with Pakistan, which has given safe haven to top leaders of the Taliban. A new Afghan "roadmap" to 2015 envisages that the Taliban and Hizb-e-Islami would become politic...
KABUL: The Afghan policewoman suspected of killing a U.S. contractor at police headquarters in Kabul suffered from mental illness and was driven to suicidal despair by poverty, her children told Reuters on Wednesday. The woman was identified by authorities as Narges Rezaeimomenabad, a 40-year-old ...
For the last few days, the anti-polio activists are becoming the victims of violence and terrorism across the country. It’s so unfortunate that these concerned individuals and volunteers working to eradicate polio became the victims of this senseless and unforgivable act. We as a nation are indebted...
Although it has become an old school wacky pot-boiler that anchors today have nothing but to pour baseless criticism over the known ones. Sometimes in the so-called progressing society, it’s difficult to keep an account of series of talk shows with number of anchors coming up with what they think i...
Apart from all the criticism KESC (Karachi Electric Supply Corporation) usually face because of the never ending load shedding issues, this government organization is trying their best to play a positive role in the development of Pakistan with its limited resources, uncertain political and economic...
‘Another terrorist attack in Peshawar,’ said the newscaster in an overly alarming tone while the breaking news kept flashing with perfect suspense-thriller sound effects. Perhaps another blast, assumed, and flipped the channel. An hour later I accidentally switched to another news channel, which was...
I am the one who stands without a bullet proof vest outside the mosque missing his prayer so that you can offer prayer with ease and without any danger. I am the one who stands outside the mosque missing his Eid prayer so that you can offer Eid prayer. I am the one who doesn’t go home to celebrate E...
The stories we continue to hear from ordinary people inside Syria paint a horrifying picture of everyday life for tens of thousands of people. The violence that is causing their pain and suffering makes it incredibly difficult to get the latest picture of the exact situation on the ground. But what ...
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Violence against women act modification sparks furor in Afghanistan
A number of civil society organizations including independent human r...
Afghan treasures display in Melbourne tells a different Afghanistan story
MELBOURNE: Several hundred priceless antiques from ancient Afghanistan...
Afghan soldiers' incompetence raises concerns about U.S. withdrawal plans
Mansurabad, Afghanistan A suicide bomber drove his car into a U.S....
Afghanistan wants lethal weapons from India; Karzai visit from Monday
New Delhi: Ahead of its President Hamid Karzai’s visit next week, Afg...
