Pakistani authorities deported Nat Geo’s famed ‘Afghan Girl’ Sharbat Gula on Tuesday, according to media reports. Quoting unnamed officials, the reports said Sharbat Gula was...
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Politicos Foresee Little Change in US Policy
Panama leaks, newsleak, political wrangling and slanging matches — Pakistan’s mainstream political parties have been too taken up with domestic issues to worry about who will...
The US presidential election: Triumph of rhetoric
The unthinkable has happened in the US Presidential elections. The world plunged in a shock over the results of the US election giving Donald Trump the right to occupy the White...
Callousness or incompetence?
Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed Afghan refugee girl shot to fame in 1985 when her picture appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine. Like many countless other displaced...
A Template for a Peace Deal in Afghanistan
Summary Of the many challenges awaiting the next U.S. president, winding down four decades of war in Afghanistan will certainly be one of the most complex. Recent developments,...
US-Afghan Relations to Remain Strong As Americans Elect New Leader
The presidential election in United States will not affect the policies of Washington in Afghanistan and the bilateral pacts available between the two countries. The US...
Why The Future of Afghanistan Still Matters
This past September, we observed the fifteenth anniversary of one of the worst terrorist attacks in American history. On what we now call Patriot Day, the observance of the 9/11...
Afghans Weigh In On US Presidential Candidates
The outcome of the US presidential election has a far-reaching impact, and in Afghanistan's capital, some have definite ideas about who they would like to see in office:...
Afghanistan In Focus: EASO Publishes A Country of Origin Information Report On Security Situation In Afghanistan
Today, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) published a Country of Origin Information (COI) Report entitled ‘Afghanistan security situation’. The report is a second...
500,000 People Displaced Due To Recent Violence: UN
A new UN report indicates that nearly half a million Afghans have been displaced in the past ten months due to the recent surge in violence. The report illustrates that...
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