US-Taliban talks: Where will they lead Afghanistan?
2019-04-09
By Hashim Wahdatyar
“The Taliban will run Afghanistan’s future government and encourage other Afghans to join them. The Afghan national army will collapse, and the Taliban will form another from scratch.” That was the declaration of the militant group’s political leader Abbas Stanikzai about the future of the country in a recent video interview from Qatar.
Why Is Zalmay Khalilzad Such a Controversial Figure in Afghanistan?
2019-04-06
By Sayed Ziafatullah Saeedi
Khalilzad’s history is worth recounting, to give context to recent chafing at his tactics in pursuing peace.
When the name Zalmay Khalilzad appeared on the news as a potential nominee for President Trump’s Afghan peace initiative, different reactions surfaced. Some non-Afghan commentators, though not all, welcomed his appointment given his i
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The Missing Book in President Ghani’s Bookshelf
2019-03-05
By Aziz Koshan
A 2500 years old book roughly fifty pages is missing from President Ashraf Ghani’s seven thousand book collection. It is called ‘The Art of War’ written by the Chinese philosopher and military strategist Sun Tzu. Many academicians considers the book as the
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Afghanistan: Difficulties of Pivoting from a Highly Centralized to Decentralized Government
2019-02-28
By Armis Sadri
Nearly two decades into our longest war, the United States is in the process of withdrawing from Afghanistan. Policymakers, journalists and acad
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Afghanistan Lost One Of Its Education Pioneers
2019-02-24
By Ejaz Ahmad Malikzada
Dr. Sharif Fayez, Founder of the American University of Afghanistan and former Minister of Higher Education has passed away at age of 72.
The American University of Afghanistan announced the passing away of AUAF’s Founder Dr. Sharif Fayez (1946-2019) on February 10 2019 in its Fac
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