Editor Selection
A Stable Afghanistan? Training Soldiers is Not Enough
Western governments look like they are turning their back on Afghanistan after a decade of aid and assistance but this is a dangerous approach, as history shows.
Sunday 18 August 2013After Guantánamo, Another Injustice
The New York Times By JOHN GRISHAM* ABOUT two months ago I learned that some of my books had been banned at Guantánamo Bay. Apparently detainees were requesting them, and their lawyers were delivering them […]
Sunday 18 August 2013Afghan female stars defy clerics’ pressure
Golshifteh Farahani plays a woman caring for her older husband in Atiq Rahimi’s ‘The Patience Stone’
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon sees country’s future in hydropower
A perfect match struggling to survive/Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Parties in Transition
International Crisis Group Asia Briefing N°141, Kabul/Brussels, 26 June 2013 Afghanistan’s political parties must exercise restraint as they jostle for power in the final months of President Karzai’s mandate. For its part, the outgoing administration […]
Friday 16 August 2013In Afghan Schools, Black is the New Black; Girls complain about dark uniforms
Afghanistan is the ‘Saudi Arabia of lithium’
Truth Seeking Elements of Creating an Effective Truth – International Center for Transitional Justice -ICTJ
ICTJ/ This publication provides an overview of the essential best practices guiding the main aspects of a truth commission, answering basic questions relating to its goals, powers, operations, framework, protections for commissioners and witnesses, and […]
Thursday 15 August 2013
