NATO's most critical mission
M. Ashraf Haidari - Apr 5, 2008 - 15:07When citizens of NATO allies look at the record of failure of military interventions in Afghanistan over the past century and a half, they may be tempted to ask: What chance of success does NATO have? People should realise, however, that comparing the present-day stabilisation mission to past military adventures is not appropriate.

Pakhtuns' aspirations for peace
Abid Jan Razarwal - Mar 25, 2008 - 08:34KABUL (PAN): The coming into power of Pakhtun nationalists, in the Pakhtuns dominated North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, sharing a long border with Afghanistan and suffering as a frontline province in the ongoing 'war against terror' is a referendum on rejecting fundamentalism, extremism and the culture of suicide bombing.

Cost of obsession with a baby boy
Zarghona Salehi - Mar 20, 2008 - 11:45KABUL (PAN): Like in other male-dominated societies, women in Afghanistan are expected to have successive deliveries if they do not give birth to a baby boy. As a result, they suffer the hazards associated with successive childbirths.

WFP-donated wheat vanishes in Ghazni
Sher Ahmad Haider - Mar 11, 2008 - 18:03GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Wheat stocks donated to of Rural Rehabilitations and Development and Education Departments of the southern Ghazni province have not been distributed to deserving people as yet.

Taliban being trained outside Afghanistan: Musa Qala Chief
Akram Norzai - Jan 29, 2008 - 11:43LASHKARGAH (PAN): Musa Qala district Chief Haji Abdul Salam in an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News on Tuesday said the Taliban were being trained outside Afghanistan and come here for fighting against Afghan and foreign forces in the restive Helmand province.

US vows to help rebuild Musa Qala
Akram Noorzai - Jan 14, 2008 - 17:38LASHKARGAH, Jan 14 (Pajhwok Afghan News): The United States has pledged to help rebuild Helmands Musa Qala town, a former militant stronghold that NATO and Afghan forces recaptured from Taliban fighters in the wake of a joint offensive in early December.

Pentagon plan evokes cynical response
Zubair Babakarkhel - Jan 12, 2008 - 10:22KABUL, Jan 11 (Pajhwok Afghan News): Although the Karzai-led administration has instantly hailed a new US plan to deploy more troops to Afghanistan, analysts tend to react to the move with a degree of cynicism. They believe increased foreign military presence alone is not enough to bring peace to the insurgency-wracked Central Asian country.

Orakzai's removal a prelude to operations in tribal areas
Aamir Khan - Jan 8, 2008 - 18:12ISLAMABAD, Jan 8 (Pajhwok Afghan News): Some political analysts term the removal of NWFP governor Ali Mohammad Jan Orakzai as a prelude to the military operations in tribal areas.

More relief items delivered to Pak refugees
Jamal Asif Khel & Saboor Mangal - Jan 7, 2008 - 18:38GARDEZ/KHOST CITY, Jan 7 (Pajhwok Afghan News): As the minister for refugee affairs visited their camps, Pakistani families that recently migrated to border districts of southeastern Khost and Paktia provinces received fresh assistance on Monday.

Pakistan most dangerous country on earth: Newsweek
Newsweek - Oct 21, 2007 - 14:18NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Pajhwok Afghan News): Offering militants a fertile breeding ground and sliding into political instability, Pakistan is arguably the most dangerous country of the world, a mass-circulation weekly reported on Sunday.