Good news: IMF announces debt relief for 25 poor countries
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday announced immediate debt relief for 25 poor countries to help them free up funds to fight the...
Afghan Peace: Khalilzad terms prisoner exchange important milestone
The US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad who negotiated a deal with the Taliban said Monday that an initial prisoner exchange between the insurgents and...
World Bank believes South Asia could be the next hotspot of economic devastation
South Asia is on course for its worst economic performance in 40 years, with decades of progress in the battle against poverty at risk,...
Afghanistan faces a new serious challenge
Coronavirus is a threat to all of humanity, but communities most at risk are those where there is illiteracy, poverty and the absence or...
Prisoner’s swap finalised: Afghan govt releases 100 Taliban prisoners
The Afghan government released 100 low-risk Taliban prisoners Wednesday, officials said, a day after the insurgents announced they were walking out of talks with...
Coronavirus: State of emergency declared in Japan as Wuhan travel ban ends
Outbound travel from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the novel coronavirus first emerged in December, resumed early Wednesday, after a more than...
US seems to abandon Afghan land once again as Ball is in the court of Ashraf Ghani
The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs in the US State Department, Alice Wells dropped a bombshell...
Afghan govt holds talks with Taliban in Kabul on prisoner swap
Afghan government representatives have met with the Taliban in Kabul for the first time to discuss a prisoner swap aimed at jump-starting a floundering...
COVID-19 will alter the geopolitics in the region
In its wake, COVID-19 crippled economies made states dysfunctional, disintegrated social bonds by isolation, social distancing overwhelmed health and safety infrastructure the world over....
Afghanistan: What will it take to achieve sustainable peace?
What happens when you run out of leadership? You become a laughing stock and an ever-brawling pack of people. You become clueless of national...
Taliban talks: Afghan govt unveils long-awaited team to start
The Afghan government has finalised a 21-member team -- including five women -- who will negotiate with the Taliban in upcoming talks aimed at...
How does the pandemic provide opportunity to speed up Afghan peace process?
Coronavirus has spread its tentacles across the globe. The phenomenal speed with which the pandemic has spread has caught scientists by surprise. The disease has...