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From Great Game to Grand Bargain Writer: Barnett R. Rubin/Ahmed Rashid 10.11.2008 . The Great Game is no fun anymore. The term "Great Game" was used by nineteenth-century British imperialists to describe the British-Russian struggle for position on the chessboard of Afghanistan and Central Asia -- a contest with a few players, mostly limited to intelligence forays and short wars fought on horseback with rifles, and with those living on the chessboard largely bystanders or victims. Full...(534) │

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Creative Abjection and Sacrifice in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner Writer: Alexandra Bailey 30.06.2008 . Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner (2003) chronicles the story of Amir, the son of a wealthy merchant, living in Afghanistan, and his relationship to Hassan, his servant and friend. My favourite part of reading to Hassan was when we came across a big word that he didn’t know. I’d tease him, expose his ignorance. One time, I was reading him a Mullah Nasrudin story and he stopped me. “What does that word mean?” “Which one?” “‘Imbecile.’” “You don't know what it means?” I said grinning. […] “But it's such a common word! [...] everyone in my school knows what it means [...] Let's see. ‘Imbecile.’ It means smart, intelligent. I'll use it in a sentence for you.   Full...(2973) │

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Combating the Ideology of Suicide Terrorism in Afghanistan Writer: Waliullah Rahmani 5.04.2008 . Finally, in domestic affairs, forming committees with the participation of real Islamic scholars is the only way to prevent Afghan citizens from joining extremist groups. Academic institutions, mosques and the media could be a great help in curbing suicide terrorism. Acting upon such a strategy, the Ministry of Haj and Awqaf could lead the mosques and clerics in the campaign against this violent ideology. Full...(476) │

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Blood borders Writer: Ralph Peters 20.03.2008 . How a better Middle East would look International borders are never completely just. But the degree of injustice they inflict upon those whom frontiers force together or separate makes an enormous difference — often the difference between freedom and oppression, tolerance and atrocity, the rule of law and terrorism, or even peace and war. Full...(417) │

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Identity and Conflict in Afghanistan Writer: Hugh Reeves 4.01.2007 . The most unified these tribes ever become is when fighting a common enemy. The difficulty in finding such a resolution is, in part, due to the lengthy history of conflict. Conflict has become part of the Afghan identity. The best potential solutions for the chronic violence that plagues Afghanistan involve the creation of a unified nation state, a step which Afghans uniformly resist. Perhaps given the course of recent events, Afghanistan can begin rebuilding its tattered country using the blueprints of more unified and central nation states. If this is accomplished, one can only hope that a sense of national community will quell many of the tribal disputes that would otherwise result in violence. Full...(2991) │

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The Bloodiest Morning in Kabul Writer: Mohammad Fahim Khairy 9.10.2006 . [Mohammad Fahim Khairy]   The anti human and anti humanity elements are devils who never give up to kill.   There are huge numbers of these murderers whose hands are still red with the blood of innocent Afghans across the world and spread with the help of national and international smugglers to western countries; with the money, they collected from the blood shedding and genocide of the nation and those who put hands in gloves with Russian. They sit behind their computers and write articles or criticize the actual situation of the country with non-senses or they see everything behind their previous eyeglasses. What a shame. If they have courage, they should confess what they have done to the war-torn country and its innocent people.   Full...(2172) │

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'Peace' through Occupation Writer: Dan Freeman-Maloy 14.06.2006 . aving killed more than three thousand civilians, by conservative estimates, the U.S.-led aerial assault on Afghanistan is receding into history; the war is not. Thousands of foreign troops are occupying the devastated country, working to prop up a weak government whose authority scarcely extends beyond the country’s capital, Kabul. Full...(335) │ Comments:2│

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Afghanistan calls for regional help in war on drugs Writer: asiatimes 14.06.2006 . KABUL: President Hamid Karzai appealed on Tuesday to Afghanistan’s neighbours for help in ridding the country of the “evil” of opium production. Full...(150) │

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Here's how the world can avoid abandoning Afghanistan Writer: George Soros 4.03.2006 . Here's how the world can avoid abandoning Afghanistan By George Soros Commentary by Wednesday, February 08, 2006       Full...(414) │

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Former Taliban spokesman now a Yale student Writer: newytimes 4.03.2006 . WASHINGTON (AFP) - A former spokesman for the Taliban, Rahmatullah Hashemi, has enrolled as a student at America's prestigious Yale University where he has taken a class on terrorism, a US magazine reported. Full...(216) │

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Former Taliban spokesman now a Yale student Writer: newytimes 4.03.2006 . WASHINGTON (AFP) - A former spokesman for the Taliban, Rahmatullah Hashemi, has enrolled as a student at America's prestigious Yale University where he has taken a class on terrorism, a US magazine reported. Full...(216) │ Comments:1│

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Moving Afghans forward Writer: Jefferson Price 4.03.2006 . By G. Jefferson Price III Originally published February 23, 2006 KABUL, Afghanistan // A couple of anecdotes stick in my mind at the conclusion of a three-week visit to this troubled land trapped in time. Full...(362) │

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Afghanistan: ‘Fatwa’ issued against editor Ali Mohaqiq Nasab 18.12.2005 . The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN has learned that the Dar-ul-lfta, the council of religious scholars within the Supreme Court, has issued a ‘fatwa’ against Ali Mohaqiq Nasab, chief editor of the monthly magazine Haqoq-e-Zan (Women’s Rights), ruling that he contradicted verses of the Koran in his articles. Full...(332) │

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post-Taliban Free Speech Blocked by Courts, Clerics 18.12.2005 . KABUL, Afghanistan -- When Ali Mohaqeq Nasab returned to Afghanistan last year after a long exile, he thought the atmosphere had opened up enough to raise questions about women's rights and the justice system in his country's nascent democracy. Full...(246) │ Comments:2│

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Mini-skirts, dating in Afghanistan's Herat after warlord leaves 1.12.2005 . HERAT, Afghanistan (AFP) - With a flawless face and marble-smooth arms, a busty blonde mannequin dummy displays a miniskirt in a boutique in Afghanistan's western city of Herat, where most women wear the bag-like burqa. In the war-scarred capital Kabul, the dummy would hardly attract a second glance.But in Herat, once ruled by powerful warlord Ismail Khan who oppressed women almost as much as the fundamentalist Taliban, the display is a revolution. Full...(469) │ Comments:1│

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Afghan Girl Gets Chance for Healthy Life 1.12.2005 . INDIANAPOLIS - The frail girl arrived at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan weighing scarcely 35 pounds, sluggish and prone to alarming episodes of bluish skin if she so much as walked briskly. Full...(202) │ Comments:1│

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Déjà vu in Kabul 1.12.2005 . Déjà vu in KabulBy Chris Mason, CHRIS MASON was an Afghanistan policy officer at the State Department from 2001-05 and is a senior fellow at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies. Full...(187) │

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Afghan drug problem solved, praise the laudanum 1.12.2005 . Afghan drug problem solved, praise the laudanumBy Ramtanu Maitra Reports indicate the West is now working toward a "solution" to the opium explosion in Afghanistan, namely the licensing of legal opium production for medical purposes. Full...(243) │

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Provocation in Afghanistan 1.12.2005 . KABUL, October 24 (Online): While the role the US has played in introducing democracy and rule of law in Afghanistan is admitted and appreciated by all, an incident like the American soldiers burning the bodies of dead Taleban rebels should best have been avoided. For, predictably, it is becoming a fresh cause for upheaval in a country that is struggling to restore normalcy, according to Khaleej Times. Full...(405) │

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Afghans Confront Surge in Violence 1.12.2005 . Afghans Confront Surge in ViolenceForeign Support Seen Behind Attacks That Mimic Those in IraqBy Griff WitteWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, November 28, 2005; Page A01 Full...(187) │

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U.S. Tries to Boost Authority Of Shaky Afghan Government 1.12.2005 . U.S. Tries to Boost Authority Of Shaky Afghan GovernmentForces Engage Villagers to Turn Tide Against the TalibanBy John LancasterWashington Post Foreign ServiceSunday, November 27, 2005; Page A19 Full...(211) │

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Sand and dust are par for Kabul Open 8.10.2005 . Sand and dust are par for Kabul Open From Tim Allbone in Kabul THE course may leave a lot to be desired, and the hazards are far greater than mere bunkers and water obstacles, but if you’ve ever hankered to win a national Open golf tournament, now’s your chance. Four years after the fall of the Taleban, the Kabul Desert Classic opened yesterday in the scrubland outside the Afghan capital. Indeed, it is the