With the ongoing Afghan Taliban military offensive in Afghanistan against the backdrop of the planned full withdrawal of US-led NATO forces, the uneasy relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan can explode if the Afghan state fails....

The ongoing imposed Afghan war and political uncertainty have been the most prolonged conflict of its kind, with devastating consequences for the Afghan people who lost family members over the past decades. People are exhausted from this...

A complete withdrawal of the U.S. and NATO combat forces from Afghanistan will coincide with Sep 11, marking the 20th anniversary of the twin tower attacks in the U.S., which resulted in the Taliban’s ouster in a US-led invasion of...

As the US is wrapping up its longest military engagement and the imminent inclusion of the Taliban in getting shape, the preservation of 20 years’ gains is turning to a hot and concerning topic of Afghanistan, the region and Afghanistan’s...

Favoritism is a critical factor adversely affecting the administrative system of Afghanistan for decades. It has dried up the roots of meritocracy and a talent-based approach while recruiting employees at different levels in government...

About 20 years ago four planes hijacked and crashed to targets on US soil. Two of them smashed the New York trade center, one targeted the pentagon, and one has been shot downed, and crashed in Pennsylvania before reaching to target allegedly...

Diversity is not a reason to put up walls, but rather to open windows. It is not a burden. It is a blessing.(His Highness the Aga Khan IV) Diversity is the beauty of human societies. Diversity is human differences, manifesting itself...

This academic research paper conducted by Mohammad Tahir Khan Nasiri, a P.h.D student of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) has reviewed the Afghanistan constitution and the political compromise between the two political Afghan...

As I am writing this Op-Ed as a 28-year-old Afghan man, I am focused on the real issues affecting political reality both in Afghanistan and elsewhere as the time for military pull-out nears. I am based in Canada while writing this article...

Over the past four decades, Afghanistan has suffered from prolonged imposed war and internal conflicts, adversely affecting the country on different fronts. Displacement and mass migration to the neighboring countries and beyond, lack of...

Rangelands in Herat province – soil becomes less sandy; shrubs grow across the rangeland after the intervention. © UNDP / S. Omer Sadaat / 2018 Climate change is testing our planet to the limit, with every single ecosystem, from forests...

When the Soviet Union withdrew its troops from Afghanistan in 1989, the then government of Afghanistan crumbled. Now, the same is being speculated in case of the American withdrawal, that if the US withdraws its troop completely from Afghanistan,...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a new, universal set of goals, targets, and indicators that all UN member states endorsed and adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015. The Sustainable...

By: Takashi Okada and Abdallah Al Dardari Afghanistan is going through a transformative period in its recent history. For the first time in decades, there is genuine hope that peace is on the horizon. However, even if the peace process...

Afghanistan, war-torn for more than 40 years, now has a chance of progressing towards peace. An agreement between the US and the Taliban finally paved the way for negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Despite this...