The Roashans

Authors

Dr. G. Rauf Roashan

Dr. G. Rauf Roashan writes on Afghan politics, governance and society. His Country Corner essays, written between 2003 and 2014, follow Afghanistan from the Bonn process through the Karzai years and the debate over the US security agreement. He also writes poetry, collected here under Art & Culture.

Essayist and poet77 pieces

Essays

Country Corner

58

  1. The Russians are Back in Afghanistan

  2. The Afghan-US Bilateral Security Agreement – Psychology of the Dilemma

  3. US Aid Money and Afghanistan

  4. Karzai’s Pre-Lame Duck Attitude

  5. Why is Karzai Playing Hard?

  6. Karzai who?

  7. Pieces on the Chessboard

  8. Under the Nose of the Son of Arab Kissinger – Is There a Chance for Successful Talks with Taliban

  9. Corruptistan and its Corrupt Systems

  10. On the Inauguration of the US-Afghanistan Bilateral Commission

  11. National Uprising Movement in Afghanistan

  12. I Am Worried About Afghanistan

  13. Exercise in Puppeteering

  14. What Would a Post-Karzai Afghanistan Look Like

  15. Afghan Jumanji – Wave after Wave of Invasions

  16. Karzai Dealt His Own Cards But For a Good Cause

  17. There is Crossroads and there is the Silk Road

  18. Indo-Afghan Proximity Drives Pakistan Away

  19. Come December We...

    Prose

  20. President or Prisoner

  21. Politically Charged Hot Issues

  22. Post US Forces Withdrawal

  23. Look at Iran

  24. Is Pakistan a Good Neighbor?

  25. Imminence of Implosion

  26. The Circus Manager and the Clowns

  27. Self-Deception of the Innocent

  28. The Naivete of the Uninitiated – Afghanistan is not kid’s play

    Prose

  29. Afghanistan: The Other Side of the Coin

  30. In Search of Peace

  31. The Link

  32. Multi-dimensional Peace Talks

  33. From Here to London!

  34. Afghanistan: The Reign of Confusion

  35. Joe Lieberman: How About Another War?

  36. What Next in Afghanistan

  37. Stealing Money, Selling Heroin and Raping Boys

  38. The Caravan of Peace

  39. A Taste of Power

  40. The Assassination of Democracy

  41. One Cow Many Butchers

  42. Afghanistan: Einstein for President

  43. Casinos of Politics

  44. Demographic Changes, Employment and Social Security Issues of the Aged in South Asia

  45. Killing in Distant Lands

  46. Approaching the End of the Beginning

  47. Islamic Caliphate: Myth or Reality

  48. Afghanistan: The Pashtun Factor

  49. Angry Karzai – Sad Karzai

  50. Alienating the Hearts and Minds of the Muslims

  51. Invoking a Shadow Legislature

  52. Permanent Guests!

  53. Bye-bye Viceroy

  54. Walking the Political Tightrope

  55. Whose Priority

  56. Peace without Justice

  57. Karzai and Triple Ms

  58. Can Karzai Control Afghanistan?

Poetry & prose

Art & Culture

19

  1. Do the Heavens Have a Heart

  2. Beyond the Heavens

    Poem

  3. From a Distant Past

    Poem

  4. If Spring Comes

    Poem

  5. Moments

    Poem

  6. Mother’s Paradise

    Poem

  7. My Playmate the Rain

    Poem

  8. My Shadow and I

    Poem

  9. Sculptor

    Poem

  10. South Asian Dance

    Poem

  11. The Breast of the Moon

    Poem

  12. The Death of the Swan

    Poem

  13. The Frigid Tale of Truth

    Poem

  14. The Games of Shadows

    Poem

  15. The Petal

    Poem

  16. Time – My Enemy

    Poem

  17. Waiting for the Light

    Poem

  18. The Color of Wonder

  19. From God’s Land to God’s Land