Category : Opinion

The Recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Meeting: Outcomes and Implications

Published: by Kabul TimesAugust 10, 2021

August 10, 20210509

By: MD Pathik Hasan The recent conference of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held on July 15-16, 2021 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. About 250 participants and...

Opinion

Afghans want practical measures for peace

Published: by Kabul TimesAugust 9, 2021August 10, 2021

August 9, 2021August 10, 20210520

By: Monitoring Desk The State-run Anis Daily in its editorial on Sunday said that amid increasing violence and civilian causalities in Afghanistan, the Ministry of...

Opinion

Is Afghanistan paying for Zalmay Khalilzad’s oversights?

Published: by Kabul TimesAugust 9, 2021

August 9, 20210290

By: Monitoring Desk As the Taliban makes advances across Afghanistan capturing villages and key cities and the US prepares to complete its withdrawal from the...

Opinion

Free and fair elections – An important condition of democracy

Published: by Kabul TimesAugust 8, 2021

August 8, 20210309

By: Khudoyor Mamatov The holding of free and fair, open and transparent elections in compliance with the principle of periodicity is evidence of the country’s...

Opinion

RSF visits Afghanistan, proposes “urgent actions” to protect its journalists

Published: by Kabul TimesAugust 8, 2021

August 8, 20210318

By: The Kabul Times KABUL: During a ten-day visit to Afghanistan at the end of July, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) proposed “urgent actions” to protect...

Opinion

A test of speed, strength, skill and horsemanship

Published: by Kabul TimesAugust 8, 2021

August 8, 20210293

By: Humera Karim Haji Gada Muhammed sits on a cushion in a splendid white parahan tunban, a traditional Afghan long-shirt and loosely plaited trousers made...

Opinion

‘Taliban’s travel ban exemption must be predicated on real progress in peace’

Published: by Kabul TimesAugust 8, 2021

August 8, 20210315

By: The Kabul Times KABUL: Afghanistan is at a dangerous turning point as the war has entered a new phase, said Deborah Lyons, the UN...

Opinion Politics

China eyes Afghanistan at a pivotal moment

Published: by Kabul TimesAugust 7, 2021August 7, 2021

August 7, 2021August 7, 20210380

By: Ben Reynolds Afghanistan is a lynchpin of any power’s attempts to control the region—hence the twenty-year U.S. occupation. The country occupies a central geographic...

Opinion Politics

Regional connectivity in South and Central Asia

Published: by Kabul TimesAugust 7, 2021

August 7, 20210225

By: The Kabul Times KABUL: A regional connectivity conference was held in Tashkent on July 15 and 16 to aim at promoting security, prosperity, and...

Opinion

Afghanistan reconstruction oversight continues despite U.S. withdrawal

Published: by Kabul TimesAugust 7, 2021

August 7, 20210295

As the United States completes its with drawal from Afghanistan by the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the work of the special...

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