Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Month: June 2013

Tell Us How This Ends. Transitional Justice and Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan

P. Gossman • Sari Kouvo •

AAN’s latest thematic report “Tell Us How This Ends: Transitional Justice and Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan” by Patricia Gossman and Sari Kouvo, asks whether, after 35 years of conflict, Afghanistan can move forward without addressing the legacies of its violent past? A timely and relevant question in the context of current efforts to find […]

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“Tell Us How This Ends”; Discussing Transitional Justice

Sari Kouvo •

AAN’s latest report ‘Tell Us How This Ends: Transitional Justice and Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan’ asks whether, after 35 years of conflict, Afghanistan can move forward without addressing the legacies of its violent past. The report includes an overview of war crimes and human rights violations from the Communist putsch in 1978 to the […]

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As Afghan endgame hots up, any deal will do?

AAN Team •

Daily Times (Pakistan), 28 June 2013 In a discussion of the ‘Afghan endgame’, the daily quotes AAN’s Kate Clark, on the Taleban: ‘The Taliban overestimate their own capabilities and underestimate the Afghan government’s security forces’.

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Afghanistan: “Reden und schießen”

Thomas Ruttig •

ORF (Austrian Radio), 26 June 2013 Listen to a short audio (in German) of an interview of AAN’s Thomas Ruttig with Austrian radio about the controversy around the Taleban’s Doha office’s signboard, including his pointing out that both sides – the US as well as the Taleban – have made it clear that talks would […]

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Kunduz economy rides 2014 jitters

admin •

Afghanistan Today, 26 June 2013 An interesting look into the workings of Kunduz economy: The 2014 combat troop withdrawal gives some enterpreneurs the jitters, and it has its effects: ‘In 2012, a day labourer was paid on average 500 Afghanis (almost nine US dollars). The wage has now halved in some areas. Recession aside, finding […]

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Flash from the Past: When the Taleban wanted UN-monitored elections

Thomas Ruttig •

AAN presents to its readers a 1996 interview with one of the current negotiators in the Taleban Qatar office, Sher Muhammad Abbas Stanakzai. The interview was conducted by Thomas Ruttig when Stanakzai was part of a Taleban’s diplomatic mission to Germany. The Taleban were then searching to try to establish diplomatic relations and gaining legitimacy […]

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Mit den Taliban reden genügt nicht

Thomas Ruttig •

Zeit Online, 24 June 2013 Die USA wollen mit den Taliban nur über kurzfristige Ziele verhandeln – ohne die Regierung in Kabul. Für den Frieden in Afghanistan ist das kontraproduktiv.

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L’ufficio a Doha è la vittoria dei Taliban in Afghanistan

AAN Team •

Limes, 24 June 2013 The Italian geopolitical review discusses the botched opening of a Taleban office in Qatar and draws from Kate Clark’s AAN analysis: ‘A sintetizzare così la vicenda dai contorni ormai tragicamente farseschi è Kate Clark, rispettata analista del think-tank Afghanistan Analyst Network. E non è la sola a pensarla così. È opinione […]

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The Taleban in Qatar (2): Biographies – core and constellation (Amended with more details)

Kate Clark •

The very public cutting of a red ribbon marking the opening of the Taliban office in Qatar on 18 June 2013 and the videoed raising of their flag allowed the world to see, for the first time in many years, a public face for the clandestine insurgent group. It has also allowed an initial assessment […]

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The Taleban in Qatar (1): Head of office Tayyeb Agha

Anand Gopal •

The opening of the Taleban’s political office in Doha brought the slither of a clandestine insurgent movement into the public eye. But just who is in the office, about to negotiate with the US and the Afghan government – if, that is, all sides can sort out protocols and procedures? The first of three pieces […]

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Gli sviluppi sul fronte afghano (radio interview in Italian)

AAN Team •

Radio 24, 22 June 2013 Inoltre, la svolta afghana: i talebani aprono un ufficio a Doha, in Qatar, e sembrano disposti ad intavolare dei negoziati con gli USA: quali nuovi scenari internazionali si potrebbero aprire? Come sta reagendo il presidente afghano Hamid Karzai? Ne parliamo con Fabrizio Foschini, analista politico di AAN – Afghanistan Analysts […]

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