Month: March 2025

Auf Trumps Speiseplan: Der Militärstützpunkt Bagram

nd, 6 March 2025 In this online article (“On Trump’s [geopolitical] menu: Bagram military base”) for the Berlin-based German daily newspaper, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig describes the context of President Trump’s announcements to regain access to the US’s erstwhile largest military base in Afghanistan, Bagram, and of his demand that the Taleban hand back weapons delivered […]

6 Mar 2025

Shaking the Sky: Women’s attempts to claim their inheritance rights under the Emirate

Letty Phillips • Rama Mirzada •

Few aspects of Islamic Emirate rule in Afghanistan have received as much criticism as the sweeping restrictions on the lives of women and girls. Yet in response to this condemnation, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) claims that it has actually improved women’s lives by enforcing women’s rights guaranteed by sharia. These include a woman’s […]

2 Mar 2025

داستان دختران پشت پنجره در پاناما چیست؟ [What is the story of the (Afghan) girls behind the window in Panama?]

BBC Farsi, 1 March 2025 An young Afghan women, travelling alone, has been among the first deported from the US under Trump’s migration policy to Panama and, unable to communicate with the outside world written a message that was photographed by reported. For those not able to read farsi/Dari, here a quick English translation: On […]

1 Mar 2025

Afghanistan Climate Vulnerability Assessment

IOM, February 2025 The Afghanistan Climate Vulnerability Assessment (ACVA) is the first nationwide study to comprehensively assess climate vulnerability in every village across Afghanistan, using detailed data collected by IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM). Key findings include: 

1 Mar 2025