Defying the ban from the Taliban, the Afghan people came out to vote amidst tight security. But it might be too early to celebrate the victory of democracy.
Polling for Afghanistan's presidential and provincial council elections is slated for 20 August, against a backdrop of increasing and unprecedented violence that is putting more Afghans at risk
As everyone braces for a bloody summer, the new US administration has shaken up its top military command in Afghanistan. But is the
continued focus on the military intervention still too predominant?
Afghanistan's opium economy has been called the most serious problem facing the country today. President Hamid Karzai has long warned that either "we destroy the problem or
A certain desperation for some signs of hope on Afghanistan has accorded a broad-based welcome to Barack Obama's new policy, which appears to contain the promise of wide-ranging
Much of the current debate on Afghanistan is focused on efforts to understand the changing dynamics and consequences of the ongoing conflict, plus erratic and self-serving proposals by the international
Unraveling the Taliban phenomenon has never been easy, but it has undoubtedly become more complex with the rise of the Pakistani Taliban in 2003, making it necessary to differentiate this
The euphoria is dying somewhat quickly in certain parts of our neighbourhood. The photogenic 44th president of America already managed to ruffle feathers in Islamabad, where officials were not too
