Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Month: June 2017

Der abgeschobene Krieg: Alltag in Afghanistan

Thomas Ruttig •

HR2, 20 June 2017 A full hour podcast on Afghanistan (in German), featuring AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, Nicole Birtsch (SWP Berlin), ARD correspondents and a German soldier critical of the Bundeswehr mission, on Frankfort based Hesse state public radio.

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“Wir riechen jeden Tag nur Schießpulver”

Thomas Ruttig •

Wiener Zeitung, 17 June 2017 In this article (in German) about the probably only female commander of an ALP unit in Afghanistan, Thomas Ruttig is quoted on the quasi-militia-like character of the ALP: “Die afghanische Lokalpolizei ist notorisch unzuverlässig, und ihre Einheiten werden in der Tat oft nur sporadisch bezahlt”, sagt Thomas Ruttig vom Afghanistan […]

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Kämpfe um Höhlenkomplex Tora Bora: Was stimmt denn nun?

Thomas Ruttig •

SRF4, 16 June 2017 Audio file of an interview on Swiss radio’s daily news show “Echo der Zeit” about a reported ‘IS victory’ in the Tora Bora mountains of eastern Afghanistan (in German).

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Kabul’s American University just reopened after terrorist attack. Now it’s facing new threats.

AAN •

Washington Post, 15 June 2017 AAN’s Borhan Osman is quoted from earlier analysis here on how the American University in Kabul attracted the attention of the Taleban and how it became a target. Also in al-Sharq al-Awsat, here.

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The outer walls of the barracks in Belgrade were covered in colourful graffiti, giving the place a surreal feel. The squat, which is now being demolished, housed around a thousand migrants – mainly Afghans and Pakistanis, all men. Belgrade, April 2017. Photo: Martine van Bijlert

The Aftermath of an Exodus: Afghans stuck in Serbia still trying to ‘hit the game’

Martine van Bijlert • Jelena Bjelica •

For more than six months, the dilapidated barracks behind Belgrade’s main bus station housed over a thousand men and boys – most of them Afghans. Conditions, despite better weather and increased assistance, remained dire and the migrants continued to live under the looming threat of eviction. In May 2017, the authorities finally moved in, vacated […]

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The Aftermath of an Exodus: The Balkans’ old smuggling routes and Europe’s closed borders

Martine van Bijlert • Jelena Bjelica •

With some borders shared with EU countries that are trying to keep migrants and asylum seekers out, Serbia finds itself increasingly home to people who want to travel onwards but are unable to do so. An estimated eight to ten thousand migrants – most of them Afghans – who intended to travel on to Western […]

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How The EU Should Frame An Approach To Afghan Refugees

AAN •

Tolonews, 13 June 2017 AAN’s reporting about the situation of Afghan refugees in Europe and particularly on the Balkans has been picked up in an opinion piece on one of Afghanistan’s leading news channels: n 2015, about 200,000 Afghans – who according to the interviews conducted by the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) were mainly young […]

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Haqqani Network Denies Role in Latest Terror Attacks on Afghanistan

AAN •

al-Sharq al-Awsat, 13 June 2017 The Arab-language newspaper quotes AAN’s Borhan Osman from his recent dispatch (“Black week in Kabul (2)”): “Despite the Taliban’s categorical denial, the attack bears all the hallmarks of the movement,” Borhan Osman of the Afghanistan Analysts Network stated. “The movement’s operational capacity and logistical access to plan and execute such […]

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Korruption in Afghanistan: Hauptursache der schlechten Sicherheitslage

Thomas Ruttig •

Deutschlandfunk, 13 June 2017 This article on the website of the German public radio about corruption in the Afghan MoI and police draws mainly on AAN’s recent dispatch on the issue and a follow-up interview with Thomas Ruttig (in German).

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Kabul Process, fallito sul nascere il negoziato di pace in Afghanistan

Martine van Bijlert •

Eastwest.eu, 9 June 2017 Article on the “failure” of the Kabul Process to start peace negotiations quotes AAN on figures of forced returns and territory under Taleban influence: Ecco che la famiglia dell’impresario afgano è stata una delle prime a scegliere il “ritorno volontario” previsto dal Joint Way Forward (JWF), l’accordo bilaterale UE-Afghanistan, siglato a ottobre […]

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Belgrade squat, November 2016. Photo: Martine van Bijlert

AAN’s Martine van Bijlert and Jelena Bjelica discuss their research work on migration. Episode: 2 – June, 2017

Jelena Bjelica •

AAN’s Martine van Bijlert and Jelena Bjelica in conversation with Roxanna Shapour on their research on Afghan migrants.

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Silhouettes of armed men against a darkening sky

Reforming the Afghan Ministry of Interior: A way to ‘tilt’ the war?

Kate Clark •

As part of their review of military strategy in Afghanistan, both President Ashraf Ghani and the Commander of United States and NATO forces in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, have honed in on the Ministry of Interior as a critical weakness in the government’s fight against the Taleban. The Afghan National Police, a paramilitary force, is […]

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