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The June split in Palestine and the subsequent hostile take over that occurred in the Gaza strip was a predictable and expected outcome if you were following recent events in the region. It seems as though efforts to sabotage the nascent alliance between Fatah and Hamas were rearing their ugly …

KABUL, Afghanistan – At least six people were killed Wednesday in an explosion caused by gunpowder in shops selling ammunition for hunting rifles, police said. Nine others were injured, and the blast gouged a huge crater into the neighborhood. Police, soldiers and crying relatives used their hands and shovels to …

 Military strategy has to be combined with political and development strategy in Afghanistan’s violence-torn south and south-eastern provinces, the top United Nations peacekeeping official said today. “It is essential to combine the three,” Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guéhenno told a news conference in Kabul, the capital, at the end …

In memory of the hero Abdul Khaliq, The Martyr. RISE TO POWER Like a demon rising from the bog swamp, Nadir Khan rose and cast a hellish pall over Afghanistan.  It is well-known today that Nadir Khan invited Kalakani, the then ruler, to join him in Kabul so that they …

The Political Poetry in Afghanistan Partaw Naderi Political Poetry, perhaps, was born when it stood against politics and said: “I don’t accept you!” In other words, political poetry originates from its encounter with politics. In fact, when poetry withdraws from politics, it politicizes itself, because abandoning politics is a politics …

 اتى حسان  إلى رومانيا  للدراسة وبعد فترة عاد  إلى وطنه   وهناك اقترحت عليه والدته أن يتزوج بابنة عمه  رولا  وخاصة أنها أنهت دراستها الثانوية، وتريد أن تتابع دراستها في الجامعة . تزوج حسان  ابنة عمه رولا  بمباركة الأهل وعادا سوية إلى رومانيا  حيث تابعا دراستهما. وكان حسان Ùˆ رولا  اقرب …

PREAMBUL Cui prodest? Cui foloseÅŸte destabilizarea economică ÅŸi politică a micuÅ£ului stat arab mediteranean? ÃŽn urma asasinării la 14 februarie 2005 a omului care a pus capăt unui război dezastruos de 15 ani, crimă care a emoÅ£ionat ÅŸi îndurerat nu numai poporul libanez, ci ÅŸi întreaga comunitate internaÅ£ională (fostul prim …

Impactul termenului astăzi “Religiile au pătruns atât de mult în ţesătura evenimentelor contemporane încât răspunderile celor ce le reprezintă sunt fără precedent “1 iar dacă religia nu devine astăzi soluÅ£ia, sau parte a soluÅ£iei, ea va fi în mod sigur o problemă. Fundamentalismul religios este un termen cu care astăzi suntem familiarizaÅ£i. Nu trece …

I was last here in early January when then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had a stroke and went into a coma.

But when it comes to “shuttle diplomacy,” it’s hard to remember any previous mission that came with so many obstacles and burdens.