The future of Afghanistan
Taliban are just 50km away from Afghanistan’s capital Kabul after having captured the Logar province and its provincial capital Pol-e Alam. Logar is Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s home province. In…
The future of Afghanistan
Let us face the facts; the Taliban want a military solution for the simple reason that the US-led coalition has recognized the locus of the Taliban without conditions. Now, those…
Afghanistan’s future
The international leadership meets in Bonn today to discuss, yet again, the future of Afghanistan. The main issues of discussion pertain to the civilian aspects of transition in the war-torn…
Pakistan’s population boom: shaping a future powerhouse
The world is on the cusp of experiencing momentous demographic shifts, with Pakistan poised to play a pivotal role in this transformation. Pakistan is expected to rise from the fifth…
Silencing Afghanistan’s women
THERE is no doubt that many have had a role in Afghanistan’s destruction, but the question of who exactly is to blame for the country’s current condition is a thorny…
Future of Pakistan
“For a revolution to break out, it is not enough for the lower classes to refuse to live in the old way; it is necessary also that the upper classes…
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…
A grim future
THE recent decision of the interim government to deport all ‘illegal immigrants’ from Pakistan after Nov 1 has created a humanitarian crisis for refugees and asylum seekers, in particular for Afghan refugees.…
Brotherly Afghanistan?
ON September 7, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan in a thrilling cricket match in Sharjah. The Afghan popular reaction to this defeat was intense, and puzzling. Why did the Afghan people exhibit…
The immigrant is the future
Imagine a few decades from now when most of the First World countries – especially Japan and those in Europe – are led by individuals born in places like Niger…
