Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Month: May 2018

In Afghanistan è già iniziato il jihad contro le elezioni

Thomas Ruttig •

East West, 15 May 2018 In this article in the Italian web-based political magazine about the latest attacks on election installations in Afghanistan, some quotes by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, with a link to and additional quotes from  his latest AAN paper on Afghanistan’s political parties: E, ovviamente, i Talebani e gli altri gruppi anti-governativi, che […]

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US and Afghanistan launch air strikes as Taliban attack western city

Thomas Ruttig •

AFP/The National, 15 May 2018 In this article about the latest Taleban overtake attempt of Farah, AAN is briefly quoted from earlier analysis: In 2017 insurgents tried three times to overrun the capital, according to the Afghanistan Analysts Network. Also in French in Le Point and La Croix.

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Still under the IS’s Black Flag: Qari Hekmat’s ISKP island in Jawzjan after his death by drone

Obaid Ali •

In April, Qari Hekmatullah, the self-proclaimed commander of the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), was killed in a US airstrike. Under his command, a local affiliate of the Afghan-Pakistani Daesh affiliate, ISKP, had challenged both the government and the Taleban and established almost full control over two remote districts of Jawzjan province, Darzab and Qush […]

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Ousted but not out: Afghan strongman [Atta] still calls the shots, residents say

Thomas Ruttig •

Washington Post, 13 May 2018 Article about out-but-not-out Balkh governor AAN, with quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on his struggle for the leadership of Jamiat-e Islami: As Thomas Ruttig of the independent Afghanistan Analysts Network put it, Noor “seems to be the single strongest leader, but other leaders combined together are stronger than him.”  

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Scheduled Elections In Afghanistan: What Prospects? – Analysis

AAN •

Eurasia Review, 11 May 2018 In this analysis of the upcoming Afghan elections, author  Pakistani Brigadier (Retd.) Dr. Ahsan ur Rahman Khan, quotes extensively from AAN reports – adding up to around half of his text: The Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) is an independent non-profit policy research and analysis organization, registered as an association in Germany and Afghanistan, and is […]

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Two New Reports on Afghan Civilian Casualties: Gruelling, but important reading

Kate Clark •

UNAMA and Human Rights Watch have each released blistering reports on the killing and wounding of civilians in the Afghan conflict. UNAMA presents the results of its investigation into the Afghan Air Force’s bombing of an open-air graduation ceremony at a madrassa in Dasht-e Archi in Kunduz province in April. It concludes that, even if […]

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افغانستان د غوايه له کودتا ۴۰ کاله وروسته

AAN •

BBC Pashto, 9 May 2018 Watch and listen to Kate Clark – the only women among alleged war criminals on the programme – looking back at the ‘Saur revolution’ and the subsequent wars

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‘Desperate’ Taliban ‘has lost ground,’ Pentagon spokesperson wrongly claims

AAN •

Long War Journal, 7 May 2018 Do the US generals and government believe their own propaganda? The LWJ writes: The ignorance of US government officials on the situation in Afghanistan and the nature of our enemy continues to remain on full display. Over the past two weeks, senior US officials have scrambled to make uneducated […]

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[Ghazni:] When the Taliban Are at the Gates, a City Has One Choice: Pay Up

AAN •

New York Times, 7 May 2018 Reportage about a trip to Ghazni, “an Afghan city on the brink of falling to the Taliban” by the Times’ correspondent Jawad Sukhanyar, where “the Taliban infiltrate at will, shoot officials in broad daylight, and run a vast tax-collection system up to the gates of the governor’s compound.”  

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Inside and Outside the System: New AAN report on Afghanistan’s political parties published

Thomas Ruttig •

The role of political parties in Afghanistan’s highly centralised presidential system, with only limited parliamentary checks and balances, is an important yardstick by which to measure how the country has fared in its attempts to democratise in the post-Taleban era. This new AAN thematic report, in cooperation with the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), looks […]

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Afghanistan’s Paradoxical Political Party System: A new AAN report

Thomas Ruttig •

The role of political parties in Afghanistan’s highly centralised presidential system, with only limited parliamentary checks and balances, is an important yardstick by which to measure how the country has fared in its attempts to democratise in the post-Taleban era. This new AAN thematic report, in cooperation with the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), looks […]

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