Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Month: January 2018

One of the refugee families who returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan in 2017. Last year, some 57,000 people returned. This year, a far bigger, forced exodus is feared. Photo: Andrew Quilty, 2017, Nangrahar.

Still Caught in Regional Tensions? The uncertain destiny of Afghan refugees in Pakistan

Jelena Bjelica • Ali Mohammad Sabawoon •

As this dispatch was finalised, the Pakistan government had not made any last-minute extension to the ‘Proof of Registration’ identity cards for Afghan refugees residing in the country. Those cards were due to run out on 31 January 2018. Without an extension, a huge number of people could be forced to go back to Afghanistan […]

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Kabul Attacks Cloud U.S. Afghan Strategy

Thomas Ruttig •

Wall Street Journal, 31 January 2018 A quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig which, unfortunately, is only partly visible behind a pay wall…: With the latest wave of bombings in the Afghan capital—and talk of a political settlement between the Afghan government and the Taliban fading—the question has become all but moot, said Thomas Ruttig, co-director […]

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Taliban threaten 70% of Afghanistan, BBC finds

Thomas Ruttig •

BBC, 31 January 2018 This extensive research about the geographical spread of Taleban territorial control in Afghanistan which has been reviewed by AAN’s Kate Clark, also links to recent AAN research by Thomas Ruttig: The BBC’s research has been reviewed by the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network, which has been reporting on Afghanistan since 2009. Co-Director Kate […]

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Afghan war getting worse again

AAN •

Defence One, 31 December 2018 This US government (?) website found a recent AAN dispatch worth putting it in its news round-up: Another group that found bad news in the ‘Stan: the Afghanistan Analysts Network, which reports “the Afghan war became more violent and widespread in 2017. Dive into their exhaustive analysis, here.

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Red on Red: Analyzing Afghanistan’s Intra-Insurgency Violence

AAN •

CTC, 31 January 2018 This short report by West Point’s Combating Terrorism Centre used a number of AAN articles.  

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En Afghanistan, l’Amérique tombe dans le piège taliban

Thomas Ruttig •

Le Figaro, 31 January 2018 The French daily carries quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig and ex-colleague Borhan Osman (now ICG) about the recent wave of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan (in French, behind paywall): « Chaque camp multiplie les déclarations en faveur de la paix alors qu’il se passe peu de choses en coulisses », déplore Thomas Ruttig, […]

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Trump’s Way of War in Afghanistan: More Explosions, Less Information

Thomas Ruttig •

The Diplomat, 31 January 2018 After Resolute Support classified data about which side controls what territory in Afghanistan and censored the valuable SIGAR reports that has included these data, the policy website quotes from recent AAN analysis by Thomas Ruttig: Indeed, the day before the latest SIGAR report was released, Thomas Ruttig wrote for the […]

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Vom nahezu wahllosen Morden in Afghanistan

Thomas Ruttig •

Tagesspiegel, 30 January 2018 Op-ed commentary by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, looking at the latest wave of Taleban and ISKP (Daesh) terrorists attacks in Afghanistan and the general escalation of the war (in German).  

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Eskalation in Afghanistan: Ewiger Krieg ohne Ausweg?

Thomas Ruttig •

Hessischer Rundfunk, 30 January 2018 Listen to a podcast of an interview of the German Hesse State radio with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the current security situation and the recent wave of attacks in Kabul (in German). Go to link and look for “Afghanistan”.

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The story of the faceless girl

AAN •

Expressen (2014), 1 June 2014 The story of the little Afghan girl that was the sole survivor of an US air strike in 2013 that had now made waves in the media, was already told 8and in English) by Terese Cristiansson in the Swedish newspaper Expressen in 2014.

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Stepped up violence alternately claimed by IS and Taliban

Thomas Ruttig •

AP/ABC, 30 January 2018 Kathy Gannon quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, together with Andrew Wilder and Brian Glyn Williams and others: “The Taliban and IS are clearly competitors in the Afghan arena,” said Thomas Ruttig, whose Afghan Analysts network [sic] has deep knowledge of the country and has conducted nationwide studies into a myriad of issues […]

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civilian casualties have reached an all-time high, plateauing in 2016 and 2017. children and women represented two thirds of casualties by air strikes in the first nine months of 2017: injured boy in helmand province. photo: andrew quilty (2015)

More violent, more widespread: Trends in Afghan security in 2017

Thomas Ruttig •

Continuing our look back at key developments in Afghanistan in 2017, after migration and peace talks, we come to security. Tracking trends in security has become more difficult, as more areas suffering conflict have become inaccessible and those fighting – both Afghan and international –less transparent. However, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig has identified indicators to gauge […]

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