Opinions
Mobile Money in Afghanistan - The Tech Revolution that Never Was
By Nafay Choudhury
In 2012, Time Magazine published an article on how “Afghanistan Is on the Leading Edge of a Tech Revolution”.[1] Mobile money, it was claimed, w...
How Economic Growth Can Help Defeat Terrorism in Afghanistan
By M. Ashraf Haidari
Syria, North Korea, and Yemen have largely dominated headlines. But Afghanistan also remains in the global conscience. If anything, the much-needed international focus on the campaign against the Taliban has...
To Win the Peace, Afghans Must Be in Driver’s Seat
By M. Ashraf Haidari
Mapping Terrorism in Afghanistan
By Omar Sadr
Typology of the Terrorist Groups
An atmosphere of ambiguity surrounds the understanding of the nature of conflict and typology of organizations involved in terrorist activities in Afghanistan. With the absence of a vibrant and dyn...
How to Win the Drug War in Afghanistan
By M. Ashraf Haidari
This past November, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released its annual survey of opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan for 2017. As ever, the survey’s findings are hardly surprising. They reflect the periodic fluctuation...
