Opinions
The Politics of Aid in Afghanistan
By Ejaz Ahmed
The Afghans need to pick up the spade and start doing their own digging — they must come out of the war economy mindset that facilitates aid money perpetually.
Over the last 18 years sin...
Humane Security: Conceptualizing Love for Peace from Below
Professor Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh's remarks at the second international symposium of “Herat School of Security”
From security from above to security from below
We are witnessing an unsettling amount of...
How Free Press Has Strengthened Democracy in Afghanistan
By M. Ashraf Haidari
Afghanistan has experimented with different forms of government since its emergence as a modern nation-state. From absolute and constitutional monarchies to the first republic and communist/Marxist regimes, never has Afgha...
Why Khalilzad Diplomacy is Catastrophic for Afghanistan?
By Dr. Yaqub Ibrahimi
In the six rounds of bilateral talks between Zalmai Khalilzad and the Taliban, there was no promising prospect for Afghanistan. Khalilzad’s diplomacy and the so-called Qatar process have had three clear outcomes: th...
Uzbekistan Perspective: Ensuring Regional Security and Countering Extremism and Terrorism
By H.E Ismatulla Irgashev
I would like to present our vision of the prospects for the development of the situation in Central Asia, including Afghanistan, which we regard as an integral part of...