Afghanistan under Taliban rule: gains, challenges and opportunities. Extracting the country from the crisis requires intra-Afghan dialogue, cooperation and constructive participation.

The caretaker government's handling of the women's issue need to be reconsidered. The situation in Afghanistan is not as bleak and black as portrayed by a large segment of the international media, especially the Western media. The Taliban movement bears a greater responsibility towards the homeland and the citizen of the country, writes Ghaffar Hussain.