Afghanistan Analysts Network – Dari Pashto

Priye Ranjan Keolyar

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

Is Afghanistan on the Brink of a New Civil War? Possible Scenarios and Influencing Factors in the Transition Process

citha-d-maas Priye Ranjan Keolyar Thomas Ruttig

Citha D. Maaß und Thomas Ruttig, SWP Briefing 2011/A 40, August 2011, 4 p. In July 2011, the transition of security responsibility to the Afghan government has begun. While NATO states accompany this process with calculated optimism, the authors write, four rather negative scenarios are looming: continuation of the rule of a ‚power oligarchy’ in […]

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Afghanistan vor neuem Bürgerkrieg? Entwicklungsoptionen und Einflussfaktoren im Transitionsprozess

citha-d-maas Priye Ranjan Keolyar Thomas Ruttig

Citha D. Maaß und Thomas Ruttig, SWP-Aktuell 2011/A 40, August 2011, 4 p. In July 2011, the transition of security responsibility to the Afghan government has begun. While NATO states accompany this process with calculated optimism, the authors write, four rather negative scenarios are looming: continuation of the rule of a ‚power oligarchy’ in the […]

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Inciting the Believers to Fight: A closer look at the rhetoric of the Afghan jihad

florian-broschk Guests Priye Ranjan Keolyar

While AAN in a series of recent papers has recently been looking at features of the Taleban movement in general, now it takes a look on one of its specifics: their propaganda. Our author Florian Broschk has dissected a rare Dari-language propaganda video and the language used in it, a Salafi-influenced narrative of ‘oppression’ and […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله

Peace offerings: Theories of conflict resolution and their applicability to Afghanistan

Guests matt-waldman Priye Ranjan Keolyar Thomas Ruttig

AAN’s new discussion paper by Matt Waldman and Thomas Ruttig takes a more theoretical approach to the current debate about reconciliation, often too narrowly described just as ‘talking to the Taleban’. It looks into various theories of conflict resolution and which insights they may offer for a peaceful solution of the Afghan conflict. Despite the […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله

Afghanistans Parlamentswahl 2010: Verpasste Wahlrechtsreformen und politische Manöver schwächen neues Parlament

citha-d-maas Guests Priye Ranjan Keolyar Thomas Ruttig

Citha D. Maass and Thomas Ruttig: Afghanistan’s 2010 Parliamentary Vote – Missed Chances for Electoral Reform and Political Manoeuvring Weaken the New Parliament, SWP-Aktuell 2010/A 66, September 2010 An analysis (in German) of the situation before the 18 September Afghan parliamentary vote, of missed chances for election reform and a resulting weak judicial framework for […]

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Golden Surrender: The Risks, Challenges, and Implications of Reintegration in Afghanistan

Guests matt-waldman Priye Ranjan Keolyar

The reintegration of former fighters is one of the main pillars in the unfolding counterinsurgency strategy. It is however more complex and difficult to accomplish than is commonly appreciated. In this paper Matt Waldman (fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University) explores the obstacles to a successful reintegration programme. These […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله

The AfPak Strategy: Reactions in Pakistan

Guests karl-fischer Priye Ranjan Keolyar

Viewing Pakistan in a historical and geostrategic context, this paper by eminent Pakistan and India expert Karl Fischer highlights those aspects of the new United States strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan (formerly termed ‘the AfPak Strategy’) that are more relevant for Pakistan and shows predominant Pakistani reactions to these issues. The selection is limited to […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله

Governance in Afghanistan in Regional Perspective

dr-christian-wagner Guests Priye Ranjan Keolyar

In discussions about governance and reforms in Afghanistan, the regional dimension – and in particular Afghanistan’s relative position in comparison with its neighbouring countries – is often neglected. In this paper Dr. Christian Wagner, head of the Asia Research group at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Berlin), compares Afghanistan to other South […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله

The State of the Afghan State

anders-fange Guests Priye Ranjan Keolyar

In this paper, Anders Fänge, AAN member and Country Director of the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, gives his views on where Afghanistan stands, what went wrong and what can be done – in this third attempt of government-driven ambitious and wide-ranging national reform programmes within a hundred years that caused a major armed rebellion. Anders […]

ځانګړي راپورونه / گزارشهای ویژه نور یی ولوله