About the GT Road (Grand Trunk Road)
by Irshad Salim: When the GT Road (Grand Trunk Road) was operational, it connected the subcontinent with the Asia Pacific in the East, and the Central Asian region in the
Afghanistan: Broad Strokes and Canvases
Irshad Salim: Over the years, paints, brushes, the pellet knife and canvases substituted my textual thoughts as I looked out my window at the never-ending war in Afghanistan–broad strokes of
SEP 2022 As the World Turns…
Soldier who walked with Queen’s coffin found dead at Army barracks… ‘Metaverse’ children to replace real kids by 2050 and ‘help with overpopulation’… NY City close to deal for NORWEGIAN
Afghanistan: A Treasure Worth More than a Trillion Dollars
By Baher Kamal: Both mainstream media, international bodies and human rights defenders continue to rightly denounce the Taliban’s inhuman abuses against the Afghan people’s basic rights, in particular those of
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Six Months Before the US Withdrawal From Afghanistan, a Nonpartisan Study Group Warned…
Six Months Before the US Withdrawal From Afghanistan, a Congressionally-Created, Nonpartisan Study Group Warned: “A rash and rushed approach could increase the chances of a breakdown of order in Afghanistan.” By Ambassador
Afghanistan: From ‘The Girl Next Door’ to ‘Person of Interest’ (Videos)
IRSHAD SALIM: MY four video comments on Afghanistan as I saw it (Sep. 2021 thru Jun 2022) -after the US-led hurried exit -from an ‘endless war’, in the summer of
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Trump and Biden Let Afghanistan Collapse
The Taliban didn’t have to take over. But Washington made sure they would. By Lynne O’Donnell in Foreign Policy (FP): The catastrophic collapse of the Afghan republic and the subsequent
About Robaba, Kangina and Religions in Afghanistan (Videos)
Unable to use her hands, arms, or legs, 21-yr-old Afghan artist Robaba Mohammadi has defied unlikely odds in her land-locked country that has faced decades of invasions, seen millions of
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AFGHANISTAN: Unexpected Outcome
BY BABAR CHEEMA: A total and comprehensive victory for America in Afghanistan would have been an unmitigated disaster for Pakistan. It would have created a situation where America would have
‘Afghanistan Mediating Between Pakistan, TTP in the Interest of All’
The Afghan foreign minister has expressed concern over Washington’s move to freeze Afghanistan’s funds and assets abroad, stating that the US has forced millions of Afghans into a humanitarian crisis,
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Chaos Order in Afghanistan and America’s Enduring Arrogance
FRANK BRUNI in The New York Times: Talking last month about the planned American exit from Afghanistan, President Biden prophesied an orderly retreat and scoffed at the idea that a
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OIC Emergency Moot on Taliban Rule in Afghanistan. Observers Comment.
The Saudi-led Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) met on Sunday in Jeddah on the Afghanistan situation which some have dubbed it “a fiasco”. Others have hailed the U.S.-led West’s exit
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