Musa Khan Jalalzai

The crisis of the UK’s local governments is growing day by day. The councils face numerous social, political and economic crises. Unemployment and homelessness are on the rise, and corruption, nepotism and racism have increased. Low wages and welfare cuts have created a criminal culture. Drug addiction, prostitution and human trafficking have become profitable business. […]

The recent revelations of US whistleblower Edward Snowden exacerbated the possibilities of an intelligence war between European states that look at each other with suspicion. Germany cancelled its Cold War era pact with the UK while European intelligence agencies became more vigilant about UK intelligence tactics. The National Security Agency (NSA) and the UK Government […]

Last year, a former Afghan warlord told me that women were treated like dogs in his province. Being an Afghan journalist, I have authored two books about the mistreatment of women in my country. Violence against women and teenaged girls in Afghanistan is growing. A UN report recently claimed that there was a 20 percent […]

On November 24, 2013, the Loya Jirga (grand assembly) endorsed the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) between the US and Afghanistan, which allows US forces to operate in the country beyond 2014. Members of the Loya Jirga were faced with a very awkward situation when President Karzai refused to sign the agreement. The gathering was arranged […]

On June 15, 2013, Afghan Defence Minister Bismillah Khan Muhammadi urged Afghan National Army (ANA) officers and soldiers to show unity and pride as part of the ANA that would be taking the lead from the US and NATO troops in fighting domestic and international terrorism. Mr Khan praised his generals for training soldiers from […]

Other countries’ investment in Pakistan’s nuclear programme and its weapons of mass destruction raised serious questions across the world that these weapons might fall into the wrong hands. The huge investment of the Saudi government in Pakistan’s nuclear weapons is not a new thing; Libya, United Arab Emirates, China contributed their share. Saudi Arabia, in […]

Citizens of Afghanistan have not experienced perhaps a single day of peace during the last three decades of the civil war that continues to devastate the lives of their children. Since 2001, every year, the figure of civilian and military casualties register a record increase. Every year is bloodier than its preceding one. The lack […]

The availability of nuclear materials in black market, specifically in Pakistan’s tribal regions, has put the country’s nuclear weapons facilities under threat. There is concern that TTP, Punjabi Taliban or its allies may possibly attack Pakistan’s nuclear facilities by detonating a small, crude nuclear weapon. In 1990s, Pakistan was deeply involved in nuclear smuggling; therefore, […]

International media, once again, spotlighted the issue of corruption in Afghan government institutions. This is not the first time we hear about the corruption stories of President Hamid Karzai’s administration; there are hundreds of reports in national and international press about the malpractices of President Karzai, his cabinet, army generals, police officers and national security […]

Pakistan’s very powerful and well-trained professional army that defeated the former Soviet Union in Afghanistan and fought three wars with India has now declared war on its own people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces. The army is in a state of deep crisis as it fights on different fronts against the Taliban and sectarian […]