Aug 23, 2016
afghanistantimes.af, By M. Nadeem Alizai, June 13, 2016 — For years the Afghan policymakers have blamed insecurity for hampered development activities in the country. The picture they project is incomplete and full of flaws. As per statistics of Ministry of...
Aug 20, 2016
The domestic dimension of the Afghan conflict is the absence of agreement among the elites on the framework and principles of political power, writes Moradian [Reuters] Only legitimate, effective and sustainable politics can untangle the country from its multitude of...
Aug 18, 2016
washingtonpost.com, by Melissa Etehad, Aug. 12, 2016 — The well-educated, 20-year-old woman did not want to leave Afghanistan, but she said she had no choice. After receiving death threats because of her work on women’s rights, she feared for her life and left...
Aug 11, 2016
thenational.ae, July 25, 2016 Kabul — Civilian casualties in Afghanistan soared to a record high in the first half of 2016, the UN said on Monday. Children in particular are paying a heavy price for growing insecurity as the conflict escalates, said the UN...
Aug 8, 2016
hurstpublishers.com New Book: “A Rock Between Hard Places-Afghanistan as an Arena of Regional Insecurity” by Kristian Berg Harpviken And Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh What has driven neighboring states to intervene in the Afghan conflict? This book challenges...