May 2018 - Page 3 of 3 - Afghanistan Analysts Network

Journalists’ deaths can only thicken the fog of war over Afghanistan

The Guardian, 5 May 2018 In former Kabul correspondent Emma Graham-Harrison’s appraisal of the work of the nine Afghan journalists slain by an IS-claimed suicide bomb attack, AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted: “Isis don’t appear to have red lines when it comes to women, children, journalists,” said Kate Clark, who tracks civilian casualties at the […]

5 May 2018

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[Khost] Entrepreneurs Bemoan Lack of State Support

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IWPR, 3 May 2018 Slain BBC reporter and IWPR contributor Ahmad Shah’s last piece for IWPR: Afghanistan every day – environmental problems and land issues around a planned industrial park in the southeast, originally published in January 2018.

3 May 2018

An April Day That Changed Afghanistan 4: The evolution of the PDPA and its relations with the Soviet Union

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After the leftists of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) seized power in the Saur Revolution of April 1978, the Soviet Union became Kabul’s key backer, to the extent of invading the country in 1979 to prevent local insurgencies and military rebellions toppling its new ally. AAN’s Thomas Ruttig here explores the relationship between […]

3 May 2018

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AAN Co-director, Thomas Ruttig on Radio France International – May 2018

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AAN’s Co-director Thomas Ruttig on Radio France International discussing Helmand Peace Initiative and the on-going peace protest march.

2 May 2018

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Les villes afghanes, nouveau champ de bataille des insurgés

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Le Monde, 1 May 2018 The article quotes from an AAN analysis published in February 2018 (in French, partly behind a paywall), but the quote is only partly visible: Comme le pointe un rapport publié début février par le centre de recherche Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), basé à Kaboul, « les attaques très médiatisées dans…

1 May 2018