Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Month: December 2016

The family of Zahra, a 14-year old girl who was 4 months pregnant when she was burnt to death by in-laws in Ghor, sit in a protest tent in Allauddin Park, in Kart-e Seh area of Kabul, to seek justice for Zahra. Photo: Tolo News.

Reality Check: No justice for women in Ghor province

Salima Ahmadi •

Ghor province, in western Afghanistan, has been in the headlines in the past few years. Not only was the appointment of its first female provincial governor overturned, there has also been a series of extreme cases of violence against its women. In this unsettling provincial case study, AAN’s Salima Ahmadi takes a closer look at […]

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AAN’s Thomas Ruttig at the Lower Saxony Refugees Council (3 December 2016)

Thomas Ruttig •

“Afghanistan. Exodus. Perspectives?” Podium discussion (in German) with Bernd Mesovic (PRO ASYL), Thomas Ruttig (Co-Director of Afghanistan Analysts Networks) and young refugees from Afghanistan When: 3 December 2016, 11am Where: Office (Geschäftsstelle) of Flüchtlingsrat Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony Refugees Council) Röpkestraße 12 30173 Hannover Google Maps On the agenda: the current situation and developments in Afghanistan; the treatment of […]

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Mending Asia’s heart: Tackling terror together

AAN •

DNA, 2 December 2016 The Indian news agency somewhat over-generalised AAN on Taleban being pushed back from Pakistan and ‘forming’ ISKP – definitely only some of them: In 2016, the Afghan [sic] Analyst [sic] Network reported that these Taliban spent time in Spin Ghar range on AfPak border and formed Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP). 

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Ääri-islamilaiset liikkeet siviilien uhkana: Taliban ja Isis – kaksi kiveä hiertää Afganistania

Thomas Ruttig •

YLE, 1 December 2016 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this article on the website of Finland’s public radio about a recent conference in Helsinki: – Afganistan on ollut köyhä aina, viime vuosien joukkopako johtuu pääosin jatkuvista selkkauksista, muistuttaa varajohtaja Thomas Ruttig Kabulissa sijaitsevasta  AAN-tutkimuslaitoksesta(siirryt toiseen palveluun). Afganistanin tulevaisuutta käsiteltiin keskiviikkona Ulkopoliittisen instituutin seminaarissa Vanhassa satamassa […]

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