Afghanistan’s justice system is in a catastrophic state of disrepair. The majority of Afghans still have little or no access to judicial institutions. Judicial institutions have withered to near non-existence and the lack of justice has destabilized the country.

The Taliban declared the restoration of their Islamic Emirate, days before the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks that sparked the U.S. invasion in Afghanistan. The new government places core hard-line leaders in top positions and excludes women and minorities

Dr. James M Dorsey, an award-winning scholar opines that neither Turkey nor Iran can afford the setbacks that often are the result of hubris. Both have bigger geopolitical, diplomatic, and economic fish to fry and are competing with Saudi Arabia and the UAE for Muslim world leadership.

Iran has close linguistic and cultural ties to Afghanistan, particularly with Tajiks, Persian-speaking Afghans in Herat Province, and the Hazara, a Shiite minority residing in central and northern Afghanistan. Iranian influence in this region runs deep; especially in the city of Herat.

According to Asif Haroon Raja, a war veteran, the US is clearly upset by the growing rapport between Pakistan and the Taliban, they are trying their best to penalize both by using the tools of diplomatic isolation, economic war, proxy war, hybrid war and sanctions.

According to Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Pakistan was a close ally with the US during the cold war era, War in Afghanistan during the 1980s, and the war on terror, but, paid a high price and in return got sanctions and coercion from the US. The nation is not willing to repeat the same mistakes again.

In Pakistan, merit is losing its importance. There are several appointments where 'Merit' has been manipulated to accommodate friends right under the gaze of the PM Secretariat. Despite complaints, no action is taken to correct the mischief.

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s former Special Assistant Zulfi Bukhari has won his defamation case against Reham Khan a broadcaster and former wife of the premier at the London High Court. The decisions in the UK actually have really highlighted the lack of accountability in Pakistani media

Stable democracy may be an elusive prospect in Afghanistan, but that in itself is no reason to stop talking about it. Although many Afghans might well prioritize security from violence over elections in the short term, voting rights are still widely valued across Afghanistan.

Several political and martial law regimes have faced long marches and sit-ins in 72 years of the country's history. The South Asian nuclear state braced the first countrywide protests in 1953, A popular movement launched by left-wing student unions in 1968 against the military rule of Gen. Ayub Khan.

It seems like the government and opposition can not agree on anything. To agree is a totally advanced state of matter; they don’t seem to be able to even discuss anything. In Pakistan despite the tragedy that a lot of facts are mired in controversy and the visibility is low

Australia has not done much well in the Pacific (excluding Papua New Guinea’s independence and the RAMSI force in the Solomon Islands) since the Second World War. It’s about time. But recent history has not been without a gaffe.