Publications

Oct 27, 2011 By Sayed Maisam Wahidi In the present political situation, ‘opposition’ is a new and popular term in the literature of Afghan politics. Opposition manifests itself in divergence of opinions between the government and its people. Sometimes, opposition could appear in a sophisticated and organized political party and sometimes

Oct 27, 2011 By Abdullah Sarwary Economically speaking, Afghanistan is a weak state. The 2011 Ease of Doing Business Report by the World Bank ranked Afghanistan one of the most difficult countries (167 out of 183) in which to do business. Also according to the World Bank, 97% of Afghan Gross

Sep 10, 2011 By: Samuel Chan   September 11, 2001 (9-11) stands out as a day of infamy in world history. Those of age undoubtedly recall their whereabouts as iconic images of the nefarious attacks on New York and Washington flashed repeatedly across television screens. Amidst global sympathies there was widespread support

Jul 02, 2011 By: Halimullah Kousary  A poll conducted between December 2010 and February 2011 by the BBC World Service in 24 countries around the world concluded that 40% of the 24,000 people support NATO negotiations with the Taliban. Moreover, 16% of respondents surveyed supported immediate withdrawal of the NATO forces

Jul 02, 2011 Hrishiraj Bhattacharjee  If states are known by the enemies they have, then Pakistan has largely been known by the very country it seeks to avoid: India. Ahmed M. Quraishi. The India-Pakistan conflict is one of the most enduring rivalries of the post-World War era.  Thus far, it has

Jul 02, 2011 Sayed Maisam Wahidi Afghanistan has a bloody history. It remained subjected to invasion by world powers starting from Alexandra the great to the British Empire and then the Soviet Union in pursuit of their economic and strategic interests. Afghanistan also tried to ally with various world powers to

Mar 19, 2011 Afghanistan's government may want to bring the Taliban back into the fold, but not all Afghans support this strategy. On March 28, the Federal District Court in Washington, DC, will hear a case on behalf of Khairullah Khairkhwa, a former high-ranking Taliban official who has been held at

January 2011 Naweed Barikzai With the passage of every day, as the security situation becomes more volatile in Afghanistan, international forces in coordination with the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) are all set to start a series of operations against the Taliban in southern provinces where the insurgency is most active.

January 2011 Sayed Maisam Wahidi At the heart of the ‘Transition by 2014’ debate, by when Afghans are supposed to take over the complete responsibility of defending their country, there lies a greater cause of concern or dilemma regarding the prevalent corruption in Afghanistan. And also, how this corruption is negating

January 2011 Hrishiraj Bhattacharjee Recently for Afghanistan, all is not quiet on the western front; courtesy of its western neighbour Iran. From early December 2010, Iran began to stop Afghan bound fuel trucks at the Iranian side of the Afghan-Iran border. Various reports suggested that more than 2000 such trucks have