Welcoming 30,000 troops coupled with at least 7000 NATO forces, Afghanistan doesn’t appear at all ready for taking up the security responsibilities nor is the...

The phenomenon of Global Warming has brought the world together in Copenhagen to face its common enemy that it has created itself. This phenomenon takes me directly to...

During yesterday’s hearings before the House and Senate Armed Service Committees, General Stanley McChrystal and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry presented a unified...

Two of the biggest goals for U.S. forces in Afghanistan are building up Afghan security forces and convincing Taliban fighters to lay down their arms — and cash...

President Obama has delivered the most important war speech of his presidency. But the surge of 30,000 of American troops along with 5000 of other allies; will it make...

Calling it important to talk to the armed opposition, a number of political parties and civil societies in a gathering in Kabul called upon the US President to...

The man in whose name the first outraged war of the 21st century was launched under the title of ‘war on terror’ has been hiding in one of the most rigorous...

Obama’s announcement surge of 30,000 more US troops in Afghanistan may turn out to be the turning point in the history of American war in Afghanistan. Launched in...

The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan bears ominous similarities to the disastrous Soviet war there 20 years ago, when a modern army was humbled by small guerrilla bands and...

Rape in Afghanistan is an under-reported, concealed human rights problem of ‘profound proportions’, the United Nations said today. Norah Niland, the United...

Strengthening Afghan government means weakening the Taliban. These were the ultimate summary of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s speech to the House of Commons...

“The hottest stories surrounding Eid festivities in Afghanistan’s political circle has been the proposed International Conference on Afghanistan to be held in...

Violence against women is widespread and deeply rooted in Afghanistan, where they are becoming less active in public life eight years after the Taliban regime...

In a narrow sense, President Obama’s handling of the critical issues of health care and Afghanistan in the weeks ahead will test the depth of his support among...

Malalai Joya, a controversial woman figure in Afghanistan who reached the zenith of fame due to her harsh criticisms of former warlords in the historic Loya Jirga of...

The German defence minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, tol the Berlin parliament that Gen Schneiderhan had been relieved of his duties for not explaining to his...

A helicopter belonging to an international military contractor has gone missing in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday. The helicopter for Supreme Global Service...

On the eve of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Ministry of Public Health in Afghanistan has released a shocking report on the rise...

The Ministry of Higher Education in Afghanistan says that the capacity of Higher Education Institutes in Afghanistan is as big as to accommodate only 20% of the...

I first came to Kabul in the winter of 2005 to write about a topic considered unlikely by some and outlandish to everyone else: women’s entrepreneurship. I was eager...