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23 September 2011: AAN’s Sari Kouvo in cooperation with the European Network for NGOs in Afghanistan (ENNA) hosts a discussion about civil society in Afghanistan in Brussels, Belgium

AAN’s Sari Kouvo in cooperation with the ENNA Brussels’s office organised an informal information-sharing event for Brussels-based think tanks and civil society organisations. The aim of the event was to share information about Afghanistan-related advocacy and policy in Brussels and about civil society activities in the run up to the high-level conference on Afghanistan in […]

23 Sep 2011 AAN • admin • Events

A Message for Peace in the Middle of War

While the killing of the Head of the High Peace Council on Tuesday certainly sent a strong message that peace will not be easily attained in Afghanistan, Afghan civil society organizations have used the week around World Peace Day celebrated on 21 September to campaign for peace, sending messages that peace has to be attained […]

22 Sep 2011 Sari Kouvo • War and Peace

The Death of Rabbani (2): Taleban silence

The killing of Burhannudin Rabbani was a treacherous act. Pretending to be a peace emissary, his assassin gained entry to his home and killed him while the two men were greeting each other, presumably while saying salaam alekum. It is not yet clear if this was the work of the Taleban. They have yet to […]

21 Sep 2011 Kate Clark • War and Peace

20 September 2011: AAN’s Sari Kouvo contributed to the NY University’s Abu Dhabi Institute’s Gender and Counter-Terrorism debate

AAN’s Sari Kouvo served as commentator at the launch of the report ‘A Decade Lost: Locating Gender in U.S. Counter-Terrorism’ at the NY University’s institute in Abu Dhabi.

20 Sep 2011 AAN • admin • Events

The Death of Rabbani

One of the most senior Afghan leaders has been killed in a suicide bombing at his home in Kabul. Burhanuddin Rabbani was a founder and leading activist in the Afghan Islamist movement in the 1960s and 1970s, one of the seven leaders of the (Sunni) mujahedin parties in the 1980s and – at least formally […]

20 Sep 2011 Kate Clark • War and Peace

Women and Reconciliation (2): The Dangers of Representing Women as Victims

Why are the voices and everyday experiences of Afghanistan’s rural, urban poor and working class women still so rarely heard? Why do they continue to be (re)presented as a homogeneous group of victims of their own families, communities and traditions? In this guest blog, Deborah Smith* argues that it is important to move away from […]

17 Sep 2011 Deborah Smith • Rights and Freedoms

Another Longest Day in Kabul

As the sound of automatic weapons and rockets died down, hopefully not to resume soon in Kabul, the city went into the night without knowing the final outcome of today’s battles. Earlier during the day, Fabrizio Foschini and others at AAN could only listen to the sound of it coming through the wind, and hope […]

13 Sep 2011 Fabrizio Foschini • War and Peace

12 September 2011: Discussion Paper by Ann Wilkens: A New Pakistan is Needed

This latest discussion paper by Ann Wilkens, Advisory Board member of the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) outlines key political challenges facing Pakistan and relevant for Afghanistan. The focus of the report is on possible political openings after the killing of Osama bin Laden. For more details click here.

12 Sep 2011 AAN • admin • Events

The Enteqal Seven (7): Opportunities and Concerns in the North

More than one month has passed since Mazar-e Sharif was officially transitioned to the responsibility of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), along with the cities of Herat, Lashkargah and Mehtarlam, the provinces of Bamian and Panjshir, and most of Kabul. In the last of this series of blogs, AAN’s Fabrizio Foschini, with the help […]

12 Sep 2011 Fabrizio Foschini • War and Peace

Another Pakistan Is Needed: Can Openings Emerge Post-Osama bin Laden?

This latest discussion paper by Ann Wilkens, Advisory Board member of the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) outlines key political challenges facing Pakistan and relevant for Afghanistan. The focus of the report is on possible political openings after the killing of Osama bin Laden. While still too early to speak of Pakistan as a failed state, […]

12 Sep 2011 Ann Wilkens • Special Reports