Opinions
Elite Pashtoons and Democratic Governance
By Eisa Khan Ayoob Ayoobi
The absence of a real democratic milieu in Afghanistan has sustained the vicious cycle of ethnic superiority. Pashtun elites have vested interest in maintaining this status quo, and to...
Afghanistan’s Peace Puzzle: Why Nothing Moves Forward?
By Dr. Yaqub Ibrahimi
Despite the United States’ exacerbation of pressures on Pakistan and the Taliban, and the National Unity Government (NUG)’s efforts for opening a negotiation gate with the Taliban, t...
Reviewing Taliban Narratives
By Omar Sadr
Taliban Narratives, by Professor Thomas Johnson, explores Taliban and U.S. communication cultures by analyzing narratives,...
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...