Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Month: May 2024

Which Countries Have Relations With The Taliban’s Unrecognized Government?

RFE/RL, 30 May 2024 An updated overview by Abubakar Siddique, but no guarantee of completeness as, for example, Malaysia and Indonesia are not included.

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Das ungewollte Franchise

Jungle World, 30 May 2024 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig writes an overview over the current situation of ISKP in Afghanistan, for the Berlin-based weekly’s supplement on the Islamic State (in German).

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Russland und China: Annäherung an die Taliban

Tageszeitung, 30 May 2024 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig writes in the German daily about Moscow’s announcement that its Foreign and Justice ministries have suggested to President Putin that he could take the Taleban from Russia’s list of banned terrorist organisations as it did not constitute an ‘enemy’ anymore (in German). He also looks briefly at the […]

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‘Afghanistan loses UN voting rights over Unpaid $900k membership fees’

Times of India, 24 May 2024 This article quotes from AAN research on the current status of Afghanistan’s seat at the UN: The situation raises questions about the Taliban’s potential involvement in settling the outstanding payment to gain international recognition. However, as Thomas Ruttig, co-founder of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, noted last December, “On balance, and […]

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Where Are My Rights? Afghan retirees appeal for their pensions

Ali Mohammad Sabawoon • Jelena Bjelica •

Afghanistan’s retired public sector employees have not received their pensions since the toppling of the Republic and the re-establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in August 2021. In the almost three years since then, their pleas to the government to start paying what is their due have fallen on deaf ears. In April this […]

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Flash floods kill 50 in western Afghanistan

AFP/Dawn, 18 May 2024 This news item, published by Pakistani daily Dawn, quoted from AAN research by Assem Mayar: Afghanistan, which is “exceptionally vulnerable to flooding” has seen above-average rainfall this spring, Mohammad Assem Mayar, a water resource management expert, said in a recent Afghanistan Analysts Network report.

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Flood Emergency ‘Remains Critical’ In Afghanistan: WHO

AFP, 16 May 2024 This item by the French new agency quotes from latest AAN research, by guest author Mohammad Assem Mayar: Afghanistan, which is “exceptionally vulnerable to flooding” has seen above-average rainfall this spring, Mohammad Assem Mayar, a water resource management expert, said in an Afghanistan Analysts Network report.

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Anti-Taliban-Proteste in Afghanistan: Konflikt um Mohn und Land

Tageszeitung, 15 May 2024 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig writes about the latest protests in Badakhshan and Nangrahar, around poppy fields and a land conflict that were quelled by the Taleban (in German).

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Before the Deluge: How to mitigate the risk of flooding in Afghanistan

Mhd Assem Mayar •

In Afghanistan’s rugged landscape, floods arise from a multiplicity of causes: torrential rainfall, rain on snow, the rapid melting of snow due to warmer weather, glacial lake outbursts, the overflow of natural ponds or even the breach of dams. Regardless of their origins, floods can destroy whole villages, ruin farmland and change the very landscape. Almost […]

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Überschwemmungen in Afghanistan: Schlammfluten verwüsten das Land

Tageszeitung, 12 May 2024 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig writes about the latest heavy flooding in Afghanistan that wreaked havoc in a third of the country’s provinces (in German).

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A man walks along the edge of farmland submerged by the flash floods in the Khandaqa area of Zurmat district near the border of Ghanzi and Paktia provinces, Afghanistan. Photo: Sayed Asadullah Sadat, April 2024

After the Deluge: Personal accounts of rain and floods in Zurmat district

Sayed Asadullah Sadat •

The rain and snow that has fallen in recent weeks has eased the hearts of Afghan farmers and given them hope that the multi-year drought has finally ended. At the same time, heavy rain falling on dry, parched land has caused flooding in many areas of Afghanistan. Hundreds of people have been killed in recent […]

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Constitutions, political strategy vital for earning legitimacy: Zaeef

Pajhwok Afghan News, 10 May 2024 A rare political statement – in an interview with the Afghan news agency by one of the key actors of the first Taleban rule, Abdul Salam Zaeef, advocating for a constitution, an political aim the current Taleban leadership seems to have abandoned. “On girls’ education, Zaeef said he gave […]

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