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AAN Co-director, Thomas Ruttig on Swiss Radio, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen – November 2013

Interview of Thomas Ruttig by Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, on UNODC report regarding poppy cultivation in Afghanistan

19 Feb 2014 Thomas Ruttig • Podcasts

Local Afghan Power Structures and the International Military Intervention – November 2013

Extensive interview with the author Philipp Münch on findings of his report, ‘Local Afghan Power Structures and the International Military Intervention’  

19 Feb 2014 AAN Guests • Podcasts

AAN’s Kate Clark on the opening of Taliban office in Qatar – July 2013

AAN Podcast by Kate Clark on the peace process and the opening of Taliban office in Qatar.

18 Feb 2014 AAN Guests • Podcasts

A War with no End in Sight: The backlashes regarding Afghan women’s rights (amended)

A man cuts off the nose and lips of his wife. He does this because his wife refuses to give him her jewelry to buy drugs, and he does it in front of the couple’s children. This happened on 13 December in Herat, and rightly so, the incident received considerable media and civil society attention. […]

17 Feb 2014 Sari Kouvo • Rights and Freedoms

Crossing the Bridge: The 25th anniversary of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan

It was the last hot conflict of the Cold War: the Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan between Christmas 1979 and February 1989. 25 years ago today, the last Soviet soldiers left the country, defiantly waving their banners and insisting they had not lost. A truce with Ahmad Shah Massud, the main northern mujahedin leader, had […]

15 Feb 2014 Thomas Ruttig • Context and Culture

65 “Innocent” / “Dangerous” Detainees Released From Bagram: What secret documents say about Afghan and US claims

Today, Thursday, 13 February, the Afghan authorities have released 65 detainees from the Bagram Detention Facility. The Afghan government says they are “suffering innocents” who were illegally detained by the United States military. The US says they are dangerous men with Afghan or foreign blood on their hands who should be going to court, not […]

13 Feb 2014 Kate Clark • Rights and Freedoms

Continuing Conflict Is Not Victory: What the 2013 UNAMA civilian casualties report tells us about the war

The conflict in Afghanistan is now overwhelmingly Afghan versus Afghan – this is one of the conclusions to be drawn from UNAMA’s 2013 Protection of Civilians report. 8,615 civilians were killed or wounded during 2013 and only three per cent of those by the international military forces. Counting deaths and injuries together, 2013 was more […]

11 Feb 2014 Kate Clark • Rights and Freedoms

Re-plugging: The final list of presidential and vice-presidential candidates

After some queries on social media and a check of several websites, including that of the Afghan Independent Election Commission,(1) there seems to be a lack of the complete final list of all tickets for the 5 April 2014 presidential election, particularly of the 11 contenders’ vice-presidential candidates. As a reference document, AAN’s co-director Thomas […]

9 Feb 2014 Thomas Ruttig • Political Landscape

The Takhar Case: London judge dismisses claim on targeted killings

A judge in London has decided that a case related to targeted killings in Afghanistan will not go forward to judicial review – the procedure by which a court judges the legality of a particular action or policy by the British state as it affects an individual claimant. The case which the judge dismissed focussed on the […]

6 Feb 2014 Kate Clark • Rights and Freedoms

Money, Jobs and Mutton Soup: Pre-election discourses in a Herat township

In Herat, campaign activity for Afghanistan’s crucial simultaneous presidential and provincial council elections began well before the official start on 2 February 2014, at least in parts of the city’s outskirts. The candidates are increasingly making themselves known to ordinary people and some presidential candidates have also been making initial appearances in local communities. Small […]

3 Feb 2014 S Reza Kazemi • Political Landscape