Afghanistan Analysts Network – Dari Pashto

Month: سرطان / چنګاښ ۱۳۸۹

How Tribal Are the Taleban? Afghanistan’s Largest Insurgent Movement between its Tribal Roots and Islamist Ideology

Thomas Ruttig

The Taleban in Afghanistan should be treated as a primarily political movement with political aims, and not as a tribal one, concludes Thomas Ruttig, author of the new report ‘How Tribal Are the Taleban? Afghanistan’s Largest Insurgent Movement between Tribal Roots and Islamist Ideology,’ published today by AAN. Today’s Taleban movement has a double nature, […]

د راپورونو ګڼه / دوسیه ها نور یی ولوله

The Northern Front: The Afghan Insurgency Spreading beyond the Pashtuns

Antonio Giustozzi Christoph Reuter Guests

One of the key developments in Afghanistan during the last year is the expansion of insurgent activity in the northern region. The latest AAN briefing paper analyses this expansion and points to the crucial fact that the Taleban are expanding their constituency into non-Pashtun areas. The paper is authored by Antonio Giustozzi, prominent scholar of […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله