Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Month: February 2018

Die afghanische Regierung macht den Taliban ein konkretes Angebot

Thomas Ruttig •

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 28 February 2018 The leading Swiss daily quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the Afghan government’s peace proposals to the Taleban laid out at the Kabul Process’s second meeting, as not fully new in its details, but remarkably systematic: Thomas Ruttig vom Afghanistan Analysts Network, einer Denkfabrik in Kabul, erklärt, dass die einzelnen […]

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Friedensplan in Afghanistan: Angebot an die Taliban

Thomas Ruttig •

Tageszeitung, 28 February 2018 Thomas Ruttig’s article summarising the meeting of the Kabul Process and the Afghan president’s peace proposal to the Taleban (in German).

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Friedenskonferenz in Kabul: Angebote an die Taliban

Thomas Ruttig •

dpa/Die Welt, 28 February 2018 This conservative German paper – and some other regional pepers – quote AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the second session of the Kabul Process and the Afghan peace proposal to the Taleban (in German): Die Taliban lehnten das Angebot am Abend allerdings gleich ab. (…) Da hätten die Taliban aber wohl […]

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The Road to Turkestan or: More Theses on Peacemaking in Afghanistan. Manifesto No 2

Thomas Ruttig •

Author’s Note: The title and the theme of this set of theses refer to Barnett Rubin’s “Theses on Peacemaking in Afghanistan: A Manifesto” published in War on the Rocks on 23 February 2018 (read here). But these theses will mainly scrutinise Afghanistan’s internal institutional crisis that needs to be addressed in order to improve the […]

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‘Terroristen en rebellen’ van Taliban zijn welkom bij vredesproces Afghanistan

Thomas Ruttig •

De Volkskrant, 28 February 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this article by the leading Dutch daily on the recent Afghan peace initiatives and the proposal for a ceasefire: Thomas Ruttig van het gezaghebbende Afghanistan Analysts Network noemt Ghani’s plan een duidelijke stap in de juiste richting. ‘Dit is het meest doortimmerde voorstel sinds […]

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Frieden mit den Taliban? “Man kann und man muss mit ihnen reden”

Thomas Ruttig •

Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 28 February 2018 Read a summary and listen to the audio of an extensive interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the latest peace initiatives in Afghanistan (in German).

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Friedenskonferenz in Kabul – Angebot an Taliban hat “neue Qualität”

Thomas Ruttig •

ZDF online, 28 February 2018 Full interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the website of Germany’s second TV network, discussing the outcome of the second Kabul Process meeting and President Ghani’s peace proposals to the Taleban (in German).

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An Open Letter to the Taliban

AAN •

The New Yorker (online), 27 February 2018 Barnett Rubin, an American who helped open secret negotiations with the movement, answered their 14 February 2018 Open Letter “to the American people” and calls for them to challenge the Afghan and the US governments and the second meeting of the Kabul Process beginning today in Kabul with […]

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ICC reports: “Victims Overwhelmingly Support” Investigation into War Crimes in Afghanistan

Kate Clark •

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has published its findings from victims who suffered war crimes in relation to the Afghan conflict, either in Afghanistan or in other countries. The victims mentioned murder, rape, forced disappearance, attacks against civilians and pillage. The ICC report said victims’ backing for an ICC investigation was “overwhelming” with 98 per […]

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[The history of Afghanistan’s relationship with the ICC at a glance]

AAN •

AIHRC Magazine (ماه نامه حقوق بشر), Feb. 2018 Another AAN external publication: Guest article by AAN’s Ehsan Qaane, about the role of special courts in the prosecution of ministers alleged of corruption (in Dari, not online).  

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Good News from Afghanistan

AAN •

The National Review, 23 February 2018 The right-wing magazine quotes the AAN (and links to our analysis)  to bolster its argument that US airstrikes “might have deterred the Taliban from launching major attacks against urban centers”: Also, according to the Afghanistan Analysts Network, coalition airstrikes might have deterred the Taliban from launching major attacks against […]

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THESES ON PEACEMAKING IN AFGHANISTAN: A MANIFESTO

AAN •

War on the Rocks, 23 February 2018 Prof Barnett R. Rubin’s theses on peacemaking and hurdles (mainly regional ones) for it. If we read if carefully, he suggests to hand over to the Chinese and Indian ‘mega-economies’ and hope for some trickle-down effect for peace in Afghanistan.  

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