Exclusive Interviews
Peace negotiations and Afghan diaspora: Talk to Karim Pakzad
As the intra-Afghan talks crawl in Doha, Qatar, to end the nearly two decades of conflict in Afghanistan, Kabul Now sits to talk with Karim Pakzad and discusses what role the so-called Afghan diaspora can play in slow-moving peace process. Mr. Pakzad is a veteran Afghan diplomat. For the time…
Talk to negotiators
As Afghanistan’s peace talks crawl along in Doha, Kabul Now has talked to Mohammad Amin Ahmadi, a prominent member of the government peace negotiating team. Mr. Ahmadi, who holds a PhD in Islamic theology, has served as senior member of legal board at the Ministry of Higher Education and senior…
Talk to negotiators
As the second round of a contentious peace talks is underway between the government-led peace delegation and the Taliban negotiators, Kabul Now has sat with Hafiz Mansour, a prominent member of the government-led negotiating team. Mr. Mansour, who represents Jamiat-e-Islami Afghanistan, has served as an MP representing Kabul. He is…
Javad Zarif: Iran supports a democratic and constitutional political setup in Afghanistan
Afghan-Iran relations have been marked by ups and downs. Politics has overshadowed a common of history, culture and language between the two nations. Afghanistan’s ties with the US, the situation of Afghan refugees in Iran, and Tehran’s ties with the Taliban militants have eclipsed ties between the two countries. Does…
Orzala Nemat: Third party mediator is necessary to break obstacle in peace talks
Etilaat-e-Roz’s peace reporter, Abass Arify, sat with Dr. Orzala Nemat, the Director of Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), a Kabul-based think tank, and asked her opinion on obstacle in Afghan peace negotiations. On September 12, for the first time in 19 years, the Afghan government peace negotiators sat with…
United under Afghanistan’s flag we would go to negotiating table
After nearly two decades of violence on February 29, the US and the Taliban signed a peace agreement, which facilitates withdrawal of US forces and bonds the Taliban to cut ties with al-Qaeda and ISIS, and sit with the Afghan government to discuss the future of the country. A day…
Citizens’ rights should be protected in peace talks, says AIHRC chairperson
In July 2019, President Ghani appointed Shahrzad Akbar as chairperson of Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. Kabul Now has talked to Ms. Akbar, inquiring what changes the country’s human rights commission has gone through and what challenges it is facing. Question: Six months ago when you appointed to chair the…
“ICC is concerned about Afghanistan,” says Court’s spokesperson
On December 03, 2019, Kabul Now’s Asad Kosha sat with Fadi Abdullah, the spokesperson for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to discuss ICC’s future investigation into situation in Afghanistan. This exclusive interview comes while the ICC is under fire by the rights group for having rejected an investigation into situation…
Travail, hope & resistance: Nargis Taraki’s story
Now 22, Nargis Taraki campaigns for women’s empowerment and education in her home country. She is one the BBC’s 2018 100 women. Nargis loves novel. Virginia Wolf and Oriana Fallaci are her favorite writers.
