Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Month: May 2025

شبکه تحلیل‌گران: بیماران افغان هزینه درمان را ندارند و ناگزیرند درد و رنج را تحمل کنند (Analysts Network: Afghan patients cannot afford treatment and are forced to endure pain and suffering)

Afghanistan International, 31 May 2025, and Future Afghanistan, 1 June 2025 The two Afghan diaspora outlets report about AAN’s recent rural women’s access to health report.

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How the Afghan village hit by a 10,000kg bomb is coping now

al-Jazeera, 29 May 2025 Video podcast reportage from a remote village in Afghanistan’s Spin Ghar district that was bombed by the US, under Trump*s first presidency, with the largest non-nuclear device in their possession, dubbed “mother of all bombs” against alleged ISKP positions – which looked more like a test run under real war conditions. […]

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The Daily Hustle: How to get a national ID card in Afghanistan if you’re a Kuchi 

Nur Khan Himmat • Roxanna Shapour •

Despite claims that obtaining a national identity card (tazkira) has become easier, many Afghans still encounter significant hurdles when they try to get one. The difficulties are particularly pronounced for returnees – those coming back after years in Pakistan or who were born there without ever having lived in Afghanistan – as well as for members of […]

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Taliban Narratives (2) TV documentaries: The Emirate disseminates its history to the masses

Sharif Akram •

The Islamic Emirate is seeking to document its history and shape a narrative that explains and justifies its rise back to power to the Afghan people. In this mini-series on Taliban narratives, part one looked at the Emirate’s written efforts – focusing on newly-published books that explore themes of history, ideology and identity. This second […]

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Brouillé avec les talibans, le Pakistan s’en prend aux réfugiés afghans

La Tribune Dimanche, 25 May 2025 In this article in the French Sunday paper about the Taleban-Pakistan and the Afghan Taleban-TTP relationship, AAN’s co-founder Thomas Ruttig is quoted.

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Das Kabul-Dilemma der Bundesregierung

Welt, 22 May 2025 In this article, debating the new German government’s intention to resume and intensify deportations to Taleban-ruled Afghanistan and its dilemma to risk to be lured into recognsing their regime, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in the German right-wing daily: „Die Taliban sind sehr an einer diplomatischen Anerkennung interessiert, gerade durch Länder […]

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Trumps Flirt mit den Taliban: Was ist dran an Gerüchten über eine Annäherung der Feinde in Afghanistan?

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 5 May 2025 In this (German-language) analysis by the leading Swiss right-wing daily, looking at (and finally dismissing) recent rumours about a secret US/CIA visit to the Taleban related to Trump’s claims to re-establish US control over Bagram airbase, AAN’s former co-director Thomas Ruttig is quoted: Der Forscher Thomas Ruttig vom Afghanistan […]

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Kabul’s Water Crisis: Residents Alarmed by Depleting and Contaminated Supplies

Hasht-e Sobh, 18 May 2025 A resident of the Kart-e Chahr area in Kabul is quoted as saying, “We used to have a 40-meter well in our yard, which was sufficient. A few years later, that well dried up, so we dug another one, 90 meters deep. But for the past two years, even that […]

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The Daily Hustle: Getting married, with 49 other couples 

Rohullah Sorush • Roxanna Shapour •

For many young Afghans, the dream of getting married and starting a family is stymied by a myriad obstacles on the road to their hoped-for nuptials. One of the main barriers is the high cost of weddings and the steep bride price that many fathers ask for in exchange for their daughter’s hand in marriage. […]

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DPP Secures Extradition of Abdul Zahir Qadeer to US Over Drug Trafficking Charges

Kenyans, 13 May 2025 This Kenya-themed website uses an AAN photo of Afghan parliament to illustrate a report about former Afghan MP Haji Qadir arrested and under trial in Kenya for extradition to the US.

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Nearly Half Of Married Afghan Women Suffer Physical Abuse, Says UK Mission To Afghanistan

Afghanistan International, 13 May 2025 This report, as context to its own topic, refers to recent AAN research: These concerns follow a recent report by the Afghanistan Analysts Network, which revealed that divorce has become nearly impossible for women under Taliban rule. The report noted that divorce remains a source of shame in Afghan society.

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Afghanistan: Grappling with fall-out of dwindling foreign aid 

Eurasianet, 12 May 2025 The website turned AAN’s 9 May 2025 report “The End of US Aid to Afghanistan: What will it mean for families, services and the economy?” into a news item.

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