by Mojtaba Salem This is the first of a four-piece analysis of Afghanistan’s banking industry. It is expected to notice the mergers and acquisitions of commercial banks in Afghanistan. To gain a larger market share, the leaders of the banking industry, e.g., MWB and Azizi Bank, might attempt to take over either small or poorly [...]

by Said Azam Eqbal Summary This research focuses on bride wealth, its importance, and the way it is administered in Allah Yar village, located in north of Kabul. Residents of Allah Yar village usually establish marriage relations among their own qawm and with people coming from GulDara at large. They also have made similar ties with people coming from [...]

by Mojtaba Salem “We certainly want to repeat the success. As for the failures, you have to be vigilant.” OMAR ZAKHILWAL, THE AFGHAN FINANCE MINSTER Afghanistan’s economy is growing slowly but surely. The growth of a market economy is the easy part; what seems to be challenging and crucial is the rate at which the [...]

by Parwiz Noorzad King Amanullah’s modernization process did not succeed because he mostly ignored the radical religious context to which he wanted to bring change. In most cultures, when something new is introduced, it is first rejected and the innovator is punished. Many rulers tried to bring change and modernize Afghanistan; a country with ancient traditions, [...]

by Mojtaba Salem It is self-evident that the prevailing atmosphere in Afghanistan leans toward an open society. Would such a society remain Afghan, in the structural sense? Not only does it not remain Afghan, an open society would redefine the meaning of being “Afghan” in a disproportionately changed context. This redefinition implies a defiance of [...]

by Jamil Danish Poverty destroys individuals’ lives, tears families apart, devastates communities and ruins nations. Poverty has proved to be the main cause of instability in any society. Afghanistan is an example of poverty, social inequality and disorder, and it is now marked as one of the poorest countries in the world with almost one [...]

by Bakytgul Yetylbayeva Note: I remember when the below piece got A and the highest grade in the writing class, I was pretty jealous. I could not believe it could have been that good. My essay did not get better than C. But, when I am reading it now after two years, I do not have [...]

by Ali Babur It’s a Friday afternoon. The air warm, and it was a nice sunny day in Qale-Fatullah in Kabul. As a beggar is singing, going from door to door, the residents of the neighborhood play seldom attention, whilst some open and give the unfortunate money or food. The boys of Kabul Dreams, in [...]

by Ali Babur When we think of this old Islamic proverb, many of us may have conflicting feelings. For some it may hold to be true and hold unwavering wisdom of Islam in context of politics and peace. “Where and how does this proverb constitute legitimacy and credibility making it a Muslim proverb?” would be [...]

“Spare them, no profit; remove them, no loss,” (Kiernan, The Pol Pot Regime 4) the parlance of the Khmer Rouge, a military group in the twentieth century, which recalls silence, genocide, massacre, torture, death, and solitary confinement of eight million Cambodians, in a “prison camp state” (Kiernan, The Pol Pot Regime 9) known as Democratic Kampuchea (DK).