Afghans must support peace deal with Hekmatyar (Aimal Faizi, Al Jazeera)

As an aide and one-time spokesperson to the former president of Afghanistan, many journalists and observers of Afghanistan ask me why the recent peace deal between the Afghan government and a hardline Afghan militant group, Hizb-e-Islami (HIG), wasn't brokered under Hamid Karzai?

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/10/afghans-support-peace-deal-hekmatyar-161013141501350.html

US must challenge Pakistan's duplicity on Afghanistan (Aimal Faizi, Al Jazeera)

Instead of prolonging the war in Afghanistan, US and NATO must tackle the root of the problem - in Pakistan.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/07/challenge-pakistan-duplicity-afghanistan-160710065757054.html

Ashraf Ghani's war strategy will fail (Aimal Faizi, Al Jazeera)

Suffering from a frenzied response to the increasing terrorist threats emanating from Pakistan, President Ashraf Ghani has hardened his position on war and peace in Afghanistan.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/05/ashraf-ghani-war-strategy-fail-160503071038798.html

ISIL prolongs US war of contradictions in Afghanistan. How did a non-native force such as ISIL make headway in Afghanistan within a year? (Aimal Faizi, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/01/isil-prolongs-war-contradictions-afghanistan-160126062726938.html