Helena Malikyar

The US must con­tin­ue to pres­sure Pak­istan to stop har­bour­ing the mil­i­tants who threat­en Afghanistan and the world.

Flare-up of Afghanistan-Pak­istan bor­der ten­sions sig­nals a shift of dy­nam­ics in their his­tor­i­cal­ly thorny re­la­tion­ship.

Afghan pres­i­dent’s speech sig­nals re­turn to a con­sul­ta­tive and con­sen­su­al re­la­tion­ship be­tween the state and so­ci­ety.

Cin­e­ma Kab­ul had set the stage for rev­o­lu­tion­ary so­cial changes – what went wrong?

Con­flict, pover­ty, and flawed poli­cies are killing Afghan chil­dren.

The US-led in­ter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty’s sta­bil­i­ty-first ap­proach has ne­glect­ed es­tab­lish­ment of the rule of law.

De­cem­ber saw a 57 per­cent rise in civil­ian ca­su­al­ties.

2015 was ar­guably the year that show­cased con­se­quences of all er­ro­neous poli­cies in the coun­try.

A re­turn to 1960s-style po­lit­i­cal satire helps light­en the mood in Afghanistan – on­line at least.

Pak­istan and some Afghan politi­cians have fool­ish­ly played the eth­nic card with dead­ly con­se­quences.