Opinions




Soleimani’s Assassination: Challenges for Afghanistan

  Friday, January 10, 2020

By Said M. Azam

Iran’s missile attacks on Al-Assad and Irbil military bases in Iraq could be the beginning of the most fatal and chronic of all conflicts that the region has ever witnessed in the last five decades. While president T...

Iran deal: A possible game-changer for Afghanistan

  Saturday, January 04, 2020

By Dr. Davood Moradian

The nuclear agreement could be a vital booster for the restoration of Afghan heritage.

Iran's nuclear agreement has created a political and geostrategic earthquake in th...

The 2019 Afghan Presidential Election: Serious Questions Concerning the Preliminary Results and Suggested Changes to the Afghan Electoral System

  Sunday, December 29, 2019

By Professor Thomas H. Johnson

I write this article because I am a strong believer in free, fair and transparent elections, I have had students and friends die in Afghanistan partly fighting for such elections.

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US-led Talks with the Taliban: A Bonn Do-Over?

  Sunday, December 22, 2019

By Naser Sidiqee

Ever since talks between the United States and the Taliban started in Doha, the capital of Qatar, no par...

Why violent extremist groups use social media; Islamic State case study

  Thursday, December 19, 2019

By Hussain Ehsani

After the attack of Al-Baghdadi most of the jihadi fighters in Telegram and Whatsapp asked each other to pray for health of the “Caliph”. Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s message was widely spread among jihadi fighter...