King Zahir Shah

Afghans must smash and rewrite the dangerous narrative that has so enslaved them over the years by looking to their past and reinstituting sacred tribal institutions to establish a sovereignty based on the true will of the Afghan people.

General David Petraeus, in a rare public show of indecorum, last week suggested that corruption has been a part of Afghan culture since the country ca...

Afghanistan needs a legitimate leader who can unify the nation -- one that is chosen by the Afghan people according to Afghan custom, as opposed to being handpicked by U.S. diplomats or as the result of fraudulent elections.

Because of his keen insights into Afghan tribal culture and society, Hasan Nouri has become a foremost expert on Afghanistan in the US, and a voice US leaders, hopefully, will seek out more.

U.S. missteps in Afghanistan stretch back to the Bush administration's decision to court the warlords.