Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Month: May 2026

Neues Jobangebot: Praktikum bei den Taliban in Deutschland

Pioneer Media, 11 May 2026 The now de facto Taleban-controlled Afghan diplomatic missions in Bonn, Berlin, and Munich are now seeking interns. AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted here as saying: Das Praktikumsangebot riecht nach einer PR-Aktion der Taliban nach dem Motto: Wir sind hier, wir arbeiten weiter. Die Taliban könnten so versuchen, Gleichgesinnte zu rekrutieren […]

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No Flamingos, but Ducks, Geese and Grebes: Afghanistan joins an international bird census 

Kate Clark •

The first survey of birds to be carried out by an Afghan organisation since the fall of the Islamic Republic has taken place. It was also the first time that Afghanistan has taken part in the annual International Waterbird Census, a global effort involving 189 countries. A volunteer team, including expert ornithologists, visited six wetland […]

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“We stopped classes and tried to flee”—Pakistan Targets Afghan Civilians in Scorched-Earth Military Campaign

Drop Site News, 6 May 2026 In this article, Emran Feroz who writes about Pakistan’s latest escalation of its war with the Afghan Taleban regime in Kunar province and calls it – echoing local Afghans – “a scorched-earth military campaign”, quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on China’s position: “Beijing has not publicly reacted on the renewed […]

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Are there lessons from Syria for Afghanistan’s new International Accountability Mechanism?

Vincent Ploton •

Today, we launch a new type of publication, an Expert Opinion, a short piece of analysis filed by someone from a particular academic discipline or with relevant experience who wants to respond to an AAN report. Our first expert, Vincent Ploton, here responds to a report by Ehsan Qaane on the new Independent Investigative Mechanism […]

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حذف زنان از دست‌گاه قضایی افغانستان؛ دست‌رسی به عدالت محدود شده است

AWNA and Ravi Zan, 4 May 2026 In two news items, the Afghan Women’s News Agency (AWNA) and Ravi Zan news agency summarise AAN’s latest report by Hamed Pakteen, the former titled “Practising Law Under the Emirate: Afghan defence lawyers fight for space in a transformed justice system.”

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Afghan Defence Lawyers Struggle for Space Under Taliban Justice System, AAN Says

Kabul Tribune, 3 May 2026 In this news item, the diaspora-based Afghan publication summarises AAN’s latest report by Hamed Pakteen, titled “Practising Law Under the Emirate: Afghan defence lawyers fight for space in a transformed justice system.” Also the blog of the IAPL Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers picks up this AAN report.

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Practising Law Under the Emirate: Afghan defence lawyers fight for space in a transformed justice system 

Hamed Pakteen •

After the fall of the Islamic Republic, the newly empowered Islamic Emirate radically overhauled the courts and the criminal justice system, elevating sharia as the sole source of law, along with the mullah-judges who now interpret Islamic jurisprudence. Defence lawyers, whose role is to protect the interests of the accused, have been marginalised, their professional […]

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