Since Khalilzad, US Peace Attempts in Afghanistan Have Been More Damaging than Winsome
Zalmay Khalilzad's appointment in September as the US Special Envoy for Afghanistan has bypassed even the most unexciting but truly ...
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Afghan President Appoints Two New Security Ministers: Too Little, Too Late?
Amid rising insecurity, political instability, and upcoming elections, Afghanistan’s President Ghani appointed Amrullah Saleh and Asadullah Khalid to key security ...
As ‘Afghan’ Elections Loom, Client Kingmaking Takes Center Stage
It is time for the people of Afghanistan to stand up collectively and say no to foreign patronage. Otherwise, it ...
Afghanistan Mourns Death of Comic Who Mocked the Powerful
"He was making people laugh... and some cry for laughter."
Immigrant’s Open Letter to His Unborn Son
As an Afghan immigrant who first came to the US twelve years ago, Abid Amiri writes his unborn son a ...
Trump Sends Letter to Imran Khan Seeking Pakistan’s Help in Afghanistan
Pakistan's foreign ministry said US President Trump has written a letter to Prime Minister Khan seeking Islamabad's support in securing ...
Drought, Conflict Driving Afghans to ‘Sell’ Off Children: UN
The youngest girls in the survey, some just babies, had been betrothed while girls of 11 and even younger were ...
Zalmay Khalilzad: Kingmaker Returns to Make ‘Peace’ with the Taliban
Despite Zalmay Khalilzad's dark and pro-Taliban track record, the US peace envoy is back to lead secret talks with the ...
Ghani’s Misinformed and Autocratic Policies Deny Afghans Their Rights
President Ghani has had no hand in creating the existing conditions in Afghanistan, but if the country continues to go ...
Another Strategic Mistake in Afghanistan Peace Process: Omitting Local Actors
For the Afghan war to have any hope of being resolved, it is crucial that the US and Afghan government ...
Daoud’s Footprints: how Afghanistan’s First President Influences Ghani
Ghani is obsessed with Afghanistan's first President Daoud Khan but fails to recognize the limitations of taking a Daoud-style approach. ...
Afghanistan’s Parliamentary Election: Rise of the Youth
Whatever the results will be at the end of today’s election in Afghanistan, the future seems to be bright. The ...
Three Million Afghans in ‘Urgent’ Need of Food [UN]
As the war-torn country battles the worst drought in living memory, at least three million Afghans are in "urgent" need ...
Afghanistan: a State in Disguise Under Tribal Monocracy
For peace to transpire, the Taliban need to make peace with the Grand National Coalition of Afghanistan (GNCA) leaders who ...
Afghan Election Campaigning Kicks Off Amid Violence, Fraud Claims
Campaigning for Afghanistan's long-delayed parliamentary elections kicks off Friday, as a crescendo of deadly violence and claims of widespread fraud ...
Giving Birth in Afghanistan: Inside MSF Maternity Hospital
The Khost Maternity Hospital opened at the end of 2012 in a medical desert in the conflict-riven country with one ...
Khalilzad as US Special Envoy for Afghanistan: the Good, the Bad or the Ugly?
The news that former U.S. diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad may come back to Afghanistan as the U.S. special envoy for the country ...
Iran’s Regional Influence Spreads with Militia Recruitment in Afghanistan
Iran recruiting Afghans to fight in Syria offers the country an opportunity to increase influence in the region, while Afghanistan ...
Afghan Ethnopolitics Jeopardizes US National Security
The ruling tribal elites in Afghanistan are masters of demagoguery with a web of influential support to promote their hidden ...
Afghanistan’s Economy Threatens to Slow Down in 2018
After two consecutive years of increasing economic growth, Afghanistan’s economic recovery threatens to slow down, the World Bank says.
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