Afghan generation knows only conflict as war turns 18
Afghanistan's war cost 13-year-old shoe shiner Hameedullah his education. Poverty forced Sabir, 11, to flee home and sell dried fruits on Kabul's streets. Niyamathullah, 9, hangs out in a park,…
Afghanistan: US leaving behind a raging conflict
One ergonomic office chair, heaters that don't work and some maps are the only signs that US troops once battled daily with the Taliban at Siah Choy, a small combat…
Ironies of the Afghan war
HE was captured on Feb 8, 2010, in a joint CIA-ISI raid outside Karachi. The Obama administration described the arrest of the Afghan Taliban’s second-in-command as a “turning point” in…
Rethinking Afghan policy
THERE is an immediate need for Pakistan to overhaul its Afghanistan policy, since the present one has failed to yield positive results. The Taliban regime in Kabul has not responded…
A ceasefire in a land of conflict
District Kurram has long been embroiled in conflict, driven by tribal land disputes and exacerbated by sectarian tensions. The region is home to both Sunni and Shia populations, with tribes…
The wages of conflict
THE recent three-day Pashtun Qaumi Jirga in Jamrud was a reflection of the anguish of people who have suffered in a conflict that has ravaged KP for over two decades.…
Poverty, conflict and humanity
Regional and global organisations hold conferences and special sessions every year to ponder over factors contributing to poverty across the world. Politicians and members of the global elite make solemn…
Airlines fly over Afghanistan as Middle East becomes the greater risk
Singapore Airlines, British Airways and Lufthansa have increased their flights over Afghanistan after years of largely avoiding it now the Middle East conflict has made it seem a relatively safe…
Conflict reporting
CONFLICT is an essential component of news. South Asia’s history is a tale of conflicts that have grabbed global attention. Media attention has been focused on conflict since 1979, when…
Afghanistan or ‘Isolation-istan’?
IN July of this year, while the world was busy with so many other things, a group of Afghan children were in the fields near the village of Bolak Wandi…
