By Stephen Rodriques Imagine living under the constant threat of droughts, floods, extreme temperatures, and land degradation. Threats that loom over livelihood, food security, and well-being. How would you cope if climate disasters forced you to abandon your job, and your home,…
By: Said M. Azam The ultimate geostrategic triumph of the current violence in the Middle East belongs to Iran. Iran could, potentially, achieve their strategic goal of becoming an ally of the US as well as the most important power…
By Nazim Samoon In March 2022, Afghanistan began construction on its largest ever irrigation infrastructure project, the QushTepa Canal. The canal spans over 285 km and boast a water discharge rate of 650 cubic meters per second, enabling it to…
By: Hazrat Osman Noori First let’s describe positive mindset, it means, having a positive mindset, or positive mental attitude, means that you are optimistic about the world around you, and you expect that good things will happen to you. In contrast,…
By QU Dongyu Asia-Pacific countries poised to transform agrifood systems through innovation and digital technologies – FAO ready to support Members in the region The current nutrition situation in Asia and the Pacific is difficult in many areas across the…
We all Afghans appreciate your efforts and other assistance for the Afghan people, in terms of aid and development that have been undertaken for the last four decades. It is utterly shameful to be so openly dismissive of the traditions…
The Pashtun community is considered as one of the most significant ethnic minorities in Pakistan. According to the provisional results of Pakistan's 2017 national census, Pashtuns account for 15.4% of the entire Pakistani population. They are based mainly in the…
By QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations This year’s World Food Day finds us at a critical moment. The COVID-19 pandemic remains a global challenge, causing untold losses and hardship. The impacts of…
By Mohammad Naciri, UN Women regional director for Asia Pacific As we debate our failures of the past and search for clues on the future, there is an urgent issue that we must reckon with. How will we, as an…
As summer arrives in J&K the South Asian boiling point remains relatively calm By Sajid Yousuf and Ja The ceasefire announced by Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) and international…
Malala Yousafzai’s ideology is activism, social justice for girls and women who have been suffering in many ways such as, lack of human rights, education rights, lack of employment opportunities for women, and countless other barriers for girls and women's…
Decentralization in developing countries is introduced by many scholars and international institutions as a viable solution to design tailored policies, respond to inefficient bureaucracy, fight corruption in order to facilitate demand-driven public services ‘delivery to the citizens of the developing…
Gandhi spent almost four decades of his life resisting the imperialism of his land and the minds of his people. He had noted quite early in his youth the servitude of the colonizer that was conditioned into the common man.…
Aurat March was held in different cities of Pakistan to observe International Women's Day on March 08, 2021 with a view to end to gender-based violence, sexual harassment, rape and female infanticide. The Aurat Azadi March was started in 2018 in Pakistan…
By Tracy Burton and Abdallah Al Dardari Vulnerable people around the world affected by tuberculosis (TB) cannot wait any longer for quality testing, treatment and care. According to the Stop TB Partnership, COVID-19-related disruptions for TB services have reversed nearly 12…
COVID-19 is the first truly global crisis we have seen in our lifetime. No matter where we live, the pandemic affects every person – children most of all. Millions are missing out on basic health services, education and protection simply…
The National Directorate of Security (NDS) exposed the Chinese Intelligence network, which had been operating in the country for at least six months. Chinese spies maintained contacts with the "Haqqani network" (an organization banned in the Russian Federation) and other…
This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the first Human Development Report (HDR) and the introduction of the Human Development Index (HDI). The Human development index (HDI) was created to emphasize that development should not just be measured by economic…
Four decades of war and conflict in Afghanistan have hampered social and economic development in the country and resulted in a much slower rate of economic growth in the last decade than could have been achieved if the conflict had…
Afghanistan’s road to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is going to be a long and hard one. The pandemic has set the economy back in terms of growth by several years. It exposed structural and system-wide weaknesses and resource gaps in…
افغانستان سرزمینکه تاریخش پر از تحولات و حوادث خورد و بزرگ داخلی و خارجی بوده و هر صفحه تاریخ آن گواه رویداد ها، حوادث، جنگ ها و تحولات متعدد توام با شکست و پیروزی ها همرا بوده که بشکل از…
