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AAN Papers

External Publication: Einiges besser, nichts wirklich gut (Some things better, nothing really good)

Thomas Ruttig

WeltTrends, January/February 2014 In this German-language article, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig attempts to draw a balance of the twelve years of the US/NATO-led intervention in Afghanistan. Looking at the security situation, the state of the insurgency, achievements and shortcomings in reconstruction, the economy and institution building and at the often-overlooked social situation of the population. He concludes that […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله

The Ongoing Battle for Education. Uprisings, Negotiations and Taleban Tactics

Antonio Giustozzi Claudio Franco Guests

In a follow-up to a December 2011 report, AAN revisits the ongoing negotiations between the Afghan Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Taleban. The earlier report, ‘The Battle for Schools: The Taleban and State Education’, focused on the changing Taleban attitudes towards Afghanistan’s state schools, allowing for the opening of schools in some of the […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله

A Lot to Worry About: Pakistan on the Eve of Elections

Ann Wilkens Guests

The election in Pakistan on 11 May 2013 is just around the corner – but it has not drawn much attention in international media. A new AAN Briefing Paper by Ann Wilkens, ‘A Lot to Worry About: Pakistan on the Eve of Its First Democratic Transition’, who is a member of AAN’s Advisory Board, looks […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله

Militia Disbandment and Peace Building: AAN republication of a 2008 paper

barbara-stapleton Guests Priye Ranjan Keolyar

Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) was the name of a crucial programme in the post-Taleban years in Afghanistan that ran from 2006 to 2011. As the successor to the Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reintegration (DDR) programme, it was designed to disband those remaining armed groups in the areas of the country not covered by DDR […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله

How It All Began: Pre-1979 Origins of Afghanistan’s Conflict

Thomas Ruttig

For most people, it was the Soviet invasion over Christmas 1979 that put Afghanistan on the political map when, in the very last days of the 1970s, the Soviet leadership made the central Asian country the arena of the hottest conflict in the last part of the Cold War. As a result, the internationalised Afghanistan […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله

AAN political parties paper series 2: Rise and Decline of Maoism

Guests Niamatullah Ibrahimi Robert Peszkowski

With two new reports – ‘Ideology without Leadership: The rise and decline of Maoism in Afghanistan’ by Niamatullah Ibrahimi and ‘Reforming Jombesh: An Afghan Party on Its Winding Road to Internal Democracy’ by Robert Peszkowski – AAN has launched a new series of papers that look at the development of political parties and movements in […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله

Start of AAN political parties paper series 1: Reforming Jombesh

Guests Niamatullah Ibrahimi Robert Peszkowski

With two new reports – ‘Reforming Jombesh: An Afghan Party on Its Winding Road to Internal Democracy’ by Robert Peszkowski and ‘Ideology without Leadership: The rise and decline of Maoism in Afghanistan’ by Niamatullah Ibrahimi – AAN has launched a new series of papers that look at the development of political parties and movements in […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله

Death of an Uruzgan journalist: Command Errors and Collateral Damage

Guests Kate Clark

An investigation into the fatal shooting of an Afghan journalist by a US soldier raises critical questions about the safety of local reporters working in the field, and the need for greater honesty by ISAF when operations go wrong, according to a new report by AAN’s senior analyst, Kate Clark. Omaid Khpulwak was killed at […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله

Legal Aid in Afghanistan: Contexts, Challenges and the Future

Guests Sarah Han

In this new briefing paper, lawyer and legal aid expert Sarah Han looks at the historical, legal and political context to the provision of legal aid and describes the efforts of the international community over the past five years to developing funding streams for the accused. The author commends the modest but significant improvements in […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله

The International Community’s Engagement in Afghanistan beyond 2014

AAN Team Guests

This new discussion paper by the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) discusses the challenges for transition and the cost of a hasty and unconditioned international withdrawal. It particularly focuses on security, economy, political framework, reconciliation, governance, human rights and regional politics. The report, which is a result of the collaboration of key AAN contributors, emphasizes that […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله

Another Pakistan Is Needed: Can Openings Emerge Post-Osama bin Laden?

Ann Wilkens Guests

This latest discussion paper by Ann Wilkens, Advisory Board member of the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) outlines key political challenges facing Pakistan and relevant for Afghanistan. The focus of the report is on possible political openings after the killing of Osama bin Laden. While still too early to speak of Pakistan as a failed state, […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله

Afghanistan’s Early Reformists: Mahmud Tarzi’s ideas and their influence on the Wesh Zalmian movement

Thomas Ruttig

This paper of its Senior Analysts Thomas Ruttig represents the opening of AAN’s new series of occasional papers. It addresses the influence of the thoughts of Afghan nationalist and moderniser Mahmud Tarzi (1865-1933), foreign minister under reformer-king Amanullah (1919-29), on Afghanistan’s 1940/50s pro-democratic opposition movement, the Wesh Zalmian (Awakened Youth). Mahmud Tarzi and the movement […]

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