Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Month: November 2013

Ghazni Militia Holds Locals to Ransom

AAN •

IWPR, 30 November 2013 The anti-Taleban 'uprising'/ALP saga continues with a telling report from Moqor district in Ghazni were three ALP commanders terrorise the population and run private prisons, a well-known feature from all stages of Afghans wars. The three commanders admitted they received regular payments from Kabul until [former NDS head] Asadullah Khaled left Afghanistan for medical […]

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Poetry in the time of war

AAN Team •

The Free Press Journal (online), 30 November 2013 The online version of this Mumbai daily has re-published a dispatch by AAN’s Borhan Osman about truck poetry in Afghanistan: “Call it poetry in motion. Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)’s Borhan Osman while on road trips in the conflict ravaged country has gathered a large collection of  verses […]

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When Most U.S. Forces Leave Afghanistan, Contractors May Stay

AAN •

NPR, 28 Novermber 2013 The number of US private military contractors has been higher than that of the US military in Afghanistan at least since 2007: "In December 2007, there were 25,000 American troops, compared to 36,000 contractors. In March of this year, the number of U.S. troops stood at about 66,000 — supported by a […]

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Discussing ‘The Social Wandering’ of the Afghan Kuchis

Fabrizio Foschini •

A new report by AAN, ‘The Social Wandering of the Afghan Kuchis,’ explores both the transformations that Afghan nomads have undergone in recent decades and their current, changing position in Afghan society. Decades of insecurity, drought and economic competition have led an increasing number of Kuchis to settle close to urban centers. There, they have […]

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The Social Wandering of the Afghan Kuchis: Changing patterns, perceptions and politics of an Afghan community

Fabrizio Foschini •

The latest AAN report, ‘The Social Wandering of the Afghan Kuchis: changing patterns, perceptions and politics of an Afghan community,’ by Fabrizio Foschini, explores the major impact of changing social, economic and political conditions on the Kuchi community over recent years and its consequences for their position in Afghan society. Afghan nomads have always aroused […]

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29 November 2013, Brussels: AAN’s Sari Kouvo at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the EU

Sudhansu Verma •

Sari Kouvo, Co-director and Co-founder of the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) will be speaking about the political and security situation developing inside Afghanistan over the next few years and its regional implications. She will also discuss the current state of governance in Afghanistan at the seminar on Central Asia: Life after ISAF – regional dynamic and political and security […]

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28 November 2013, University of Bologna: AAN’s Fabrizio Foschini will present AAN’s latest thematic report on nomadic communities in Afghanistan

Sudhansu Verma •

Fabrizio Foschini of Afghanistan Analysts Network will be presenting AAN’s lates thematic report “The Social Wandering of the Afghan Kuchis Changing patterns, perception and politics of an Afghan community” at the University of Bologna on Thursday 28 November, 4pm. More information can be found here

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Karzai’s Demands On Security Pact Puzzle Afghans, Westerners

AAN Team •

NPR, 28 November 2013 In a feature, NPR brings together the opinions of different people about President Karzai’s motifs not to sign the BSA with the USA. This is AAN’s Kate Clark: “He is genuinely frightened that once the Americans get their deal, there will be no holds barred on what they do in Afghanistan.”

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Afghanistan, the United States and the BSA: Who blinks first?

Kate Clark •

Since the consultative loya jirga that ended in confusion on Sunday (27 November 2013), United States’ and Afghan positions on the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) have hardened. President Karzai has added to the conditions he says must be met before he will sign the BSA, while President Obama’s National Security Advisor, Susan Rice, has said […]

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Karzai Demands Risk Pushing U.S. to Total Afghan Exit

AAN Team •

Bloomberg.com, 27 November 2013 AAN’s Martine van Bijlert on Karzai’s response to the BSA jirga: Karzai is convinced that the U.S. has no intention of leaving, according to Martine van Bijlert, co-director of Afghan Analysts Network, a nonprofit policy group based in Kabul. The Afghan leader believes negotiations over the security agreement provide “the one leverage […]

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Afghan president softens some demands on US deal

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AP/Washington Post, 27 November 2013 AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted on Kabul’s perception of the ‘zero option’: “‘He doesn’t believe in the zero option and so the threat of complete US withdrawal is for him an empty threat. So he feels quite comfortable pushing the US for more,’ said Kate Clark, a senior analyst with the Afghanistan […]

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Karzai not only at odds with US, but his countrymen, too

AAN Team •

Stars and Stripes, 27 November 2013 AAN’s Kate Clark is quotes in this analysis in the latest Afghan-US spat, after President Karzai’s refusal to sign the BSA soon: “Karzai might also be stung by what he sees as American interference, Kate Clark, an analyst with the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network said. ‘From Karzai’s point of […]

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