It was a summer’s morning in Kabul, and Raihana Attaee was playing with her baby boy when she entered a nipping death trouble over the phone. It was from a man she had doomed to captivity just two months before for torturing and killing his woman. “He belonged to the Taliban and his voice was […]
The West must cut a deal with the Taliban to prevent mass starvation in Afghanistan
Without a radical change of western policy towards the Taliban, millions of people will make their way to anywhere they can find food. The appearance of the poorest of the poor in neighbouring countries and the European Union threatens to fuel farther political polarization at a moment in which numerous governments are formerly under severe […]
Taliban must cut off umbilical cord with Pak for Afghanistan to survive
After a day-long reflections on Afghanistan by National Security Advisors (NSAs) of eight neighboring countries then on Wednesday, it has come relatively apparent that the Taliban will continue to hold the arm of power in Kabul. It has also come clear that piecemeal from Afghan people themselves or any rival Sunni Salafists like the Islamic […]
US special envoy for Afghanistan to meet Taliban in Doha next week
The US Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tom West will be meeting with the Taliban leaders in Doha coming week. “They’ll bandy. our vital public interests when it comes to Afghanistan,” said State Department prophet Ned Price, reported Tolo News. “That includes counterterrorism, that includes a safe passage for US citizens and for Afghans to whom […]