Following the fall of Sassanid Empire, two centuries of Arab hegemony in Khorasan was never popular in the Pashtun belt. This is evident from fierce resistance that was offered here to all Arabian attacks. A change in political realities, however, had come hard on the heels of Arab troops in Khorasan, even as for the most part there was nowhere ...

If religious texts were completely free from the vagaries of interpretative meaning there would have been no wars, genocides, segregations or hate based on religious faith, for one simple reason…there would be no grounds for believers to argue about what ‘god’ wants or how they should live. Make no mistake, there is no one true text, no definitive right interpretation ...

Every soul is deeply hurt and justifiably furious at the wicked attacks on Paris. The incident is a colossal human tragedy and needs to be mourned as a collective sorrow. Even the most sceptical among the observers is now convinced that there can be no hope of preserving the sanctity of world peace unless the issue of terrorism is solved. ...

Pashtun is a Central Asian nation that lies between the rivers Oxus and Indus. Pashtun is also known as Afghan, Pakhtun and Pathan; the latter name, however, is construed as offensive by the Pashtun people because, it is said, that the name ‘Pathan’ was given to the Pashtun by the British during their rule in India. The land of Pashtun ...

At the end of the 4th century A.D, the raids of Ephthalites posed a formidable threat to the Eastern province of Sassanian Iran. Although at first Ephthalites were not much successful against the Sassanid rulers Bahram Gur and Yazdegerd II, yet towards the end of 5th century, by the year A.D. 483, they gained much ground in Afghanistan, made successful ...

  On the night of 13th November, the French capital Paris came under deadliest terrorists attacks and 128 innocent people were killed and more than 100 injured. This was the first time after WWII that France faced such a horrible terrorist attack. The golden triangle of Parisian youth culture bath in blood. There were six separate attacks across the city. ...

Democracy is thought to have been introduced as early as 550 BCE in ancient Athens. It wasn’t democracy as we understand it today as only men with status, land and property were allowed to vote. The chaos of 600 men trying to decide on legislation helped decide Plato that democracy was one step away from anarchy. The modern form of ...

Germans are known to be outspoken, some would even say: rude. But in this post-protestant country, people would rather consider themselves as honest. And that’s what you expect from a friend, they believe. The large business delegation that German Chancellor Angela Merkel brought to India on the occasion of the third intergovernmental talks between the two countries on Monday and ...

The horrible terrorist attacks in Paris have evoked the solidarity of People and organizations around the globe against the menace of radical ideologies. The solidarity with the French people has also been displayed by people through changing their profile pictures on social media with the French color the “Tricolore”. Despite most of the analysis of the details of how it ...

Napoleon once said, “When China awakes the world will tremble.” China is one of the strategically most important neighbors of Afghanistan. The rapid expansion of its economy has made china a point of reference and topic in political and economic discussions throughout the world. Many of the political and trade union leaders have been praising the Chinese “miracle’’ as the ...