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29 November 2013, Brussels: AAN’s Sari Kouvo at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the EU

Sari Kouvo, Co-director and Co-founder of the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) will be speaking about the political and security situation developing inside Afghanistan over the next few years and its regional implications. She will also discuss the current state of governance in Afghanistan at the seminar on Central Asia: Life after ISAF – regional dynamic and political and security […]

28 Nov 2013 Sudhansu Verma • Events

28 November 2013, University of Bologna: AAN’s Fabrizio Foschini will present AAN’s latest thematic report on nomadic communities in Afghanistan

Fabrizio Foschini of Afghanistan Analysts Network will be presenting AAN’s lates thematic report “The Social Wandering of the Afghan Kuchis Changing patterns, perception and politics of an Afghan community” at the University of Bologna on Thursday 28 November, 4pm. More information can be found here

28 Nov 2013 Sudhansu Verma • Events

Afghanistan, the United States and the BSA: Who blinks first?

Since the consultative loya jirga that ended in confusion on Sunday (27 November 2013), United States’ and Afghan positions on the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) have hardened. President Karzai has added to the conditions he says must be met before he will sign the BSA, while President Obama’s National Security Advisor, Susan Rice, has said […]

27 Nov 2013 Kate Clark • War and Peace

A Yes, a Maybe and a Threat of Migration: The BSA loya jirga’s last day

Whoever expected clarity and a swift signing of the US-Afghan Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) following the consultative loya jirga will be disappointed. The heads of the 50 committees duly reported back on this final day with a unanimity of views which strongly suggested prior coordination; all supported and almost all urged President Karzai to sign […]

24 Nov 2013 Kate Clark • War and Peace

Shocks in a Lacklustre Speech: President Karzai addresses the jirga

The consultative loya jirga, convened to scrutinise the Bilateral Security Agreement with the United States, has begun with a draft that was only agreed at the very last minute, confusion over the exact status and proceedings of the gathering and a lacklustre speech by President Karzai. The president made little attempt to really sell the […]

21 Nov 2013 Christine Roehrs • Kate Clark • Obaid Ali • War and Peace

The Nation’s Voice? Afghanistan’s loya jirgas in the historical context

On 21 November, another loya jirga (grand assembly) is forthcoming in Afghanistan, convened to represent ‘the nation’s voice’ about the still pending Afghan-US Bilateral Partnership Agreement (BSA), the basis for any post-2014 NATO mission in the country. This will be the fifth such assembly under the Karzai government. On this occasion, our guest author Benjamin Buchholz […]

19 Nov 2013 Benjamin Buchholz • Context and Culture

The First Inklings of the Bilateral Security Agreement: Spanta briefs the Afghan parliament

Both Afghan and United States officials have, until now, been tight-lipped as to what is in the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) – which is to be scrutinised by a consultative loya jirga beginning on 21 November. If signed, it will govern the post-2014 deployment of US soldiers in Afghanistan. On Saturday, 16 November 2013, the […]

18 Nov 2013 Kate Clark • War and Peace

The Nerkh Killings: The problem with ‘immunity’ for US soldiers

Revelations concerning the alleged involvement of US soldiers in the forced disappearance, murder and torture of Afghans in the Nerkh district of Wardak a year ago keep surfacing. The US insists its forces come only under US legal jurisdiction, that they are ‘immune’ from Afghan courts and that it will investigate any wrongdoing by its […]

14 Nov 2013 Kate Clark • Rights and Freedoms

Local Afghan Power Structures and the International Military Intervention

The latest AAN report “Local Afghan Power Structures and the International Military Intervention” looks at how the presence of German and other international military in Kunduz and Badakhshan impacted local power structures. The two provinces serve as case studies to help answer the question if ISAF forces have been successful in supporting the central government to extend […]

12 Nov 2013 Philipp Münch • Special Reports

Reluctant Interventionists: ISAF’s influence on local power structures in Kunduz and Badakhshan

The latest AAN report, ‘Local Afghan Power Structures and the International Military Intervention,’ examines how the presence of German and other international military forces has impacted local power structures in Kunduz and Badakhshan. Author Philipp Münch presents these two provinces in Afghanistan’s northeast as detailed case studies, helping to answer the critical question as to […]

12 Nov 2013 Deedee Derksen • Thomas Ruttig • International Engagement