Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Month: August 2017

Seesaw Conflict With Taliban Takes Toll in Fallen Afghan District [Taiwara in Ghor]

AAN •

New York Times, 7 August 2017 An interesting rendering of the local power architecture in Ghor province, where Taleban fighters recently have taken Taiwara district – including alleged ‘cross-frontline’ connections between a local ‘Taleban faciliatator’ and the High Peace Council in Kabul and a Jamiati commander-turned-Daesh.

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[IS-Taleban cooperation in Sarepul?]

Thomas Ruttig •

Radio 24, 7 August 2017 Fabrizio Foschini talked to Nessun Luogo é Lontano, the foreign politics program of Radio 24 in Italy, about the alleged Taleban/Isis offensive in Sayad district of Sarepul province. He gave a short socio-political profile of the north, talked about the Taleban drive for recruiting non-Pashtuns in the last decade, the competition […]

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Ein Massaker in Nordafghanistan zeigt, dass sich die Sicherheitslage in dem Land immer weiter verschlechtert

AAN •

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 7 August 2017 In German: As one of the few international media, the leading Swiss daily does not just reprint the claims about an alleged IS-Taleban collusion during the recent massacre in Sarepul province, but points out that if the allegation turned out to be true, it would constitute a serious shift […]

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Cover of a collection of legal interpretations, comments and consultation published by the Constitutional Oversight Commission.

The Constitutional Oversight Commission in a Standoff with President Ghani: Defending their independence or covering up mistakes?

Ali Yawar Adili • Ehsan Qaane •

The Afghan government has found itself in a complicated legal tangle again. After the Independent Commission for Overseeing the Implementation of the Constitution (hereafter, Constitutional Oversight Commission) dismissed its chair, the president ordered an evaluation of the Commission’s performance in a move that looks designed to curtail its independence. Although the legal basis for the […]

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Vrouwen in Afghanistan willen zichtbaar worden: ‘Waar is mijn naam?’

AAN •

Volkskrant, 3 August 2017 AAN’s Martine van Bijlert speaks about the growing trend of Afghan women using their name publicly on social media (still a taboo in conservative sectors of Afghan society) (in Dutch).

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29 Tote nach Anschlag auf Moschee in Herat

Thomas Ruttig •

Tageszeitung, 3 August 2017 Op-ed summary and background on the 2 August IS-claimed terror attack on a Shia mosque in Herat by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (in German) – online and in the print version.

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IS fighter distributes propaganda material to inhabitants of Kot district.

Thematic Dossier XV: Daesh in Afghanistan

AAN Team •

The terrorist attack on the Iraqi Embassy in Kabul on 31 July 2017 – by a suicide car bomber and three gunmen – has once more directed attention to the activity of local groups that have declared their allegiance to the so-called Islamic State (IS, also known ISIS, ISIL or Daesh) and its local, Afghan-Pakistani […]

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Der IS überfällt die irakische Botschaft in Kabul

Thomas Ruttig •

Tageszeitung, 1 August 2017 Op-ed by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig and Borhan Osman about the IS-claimed attack on the Iraqi Embassy in Kabul (in German), with background on the Afghan IS chapter.

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