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Will the ICC Start an Investigation in Afghanistan after all? What we know so far about the ICC appeals hearing

After the startling rejection in April by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of the prosecutors’ request to launch an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, there has been a flurry of appeals by both prosecutor and victims. Some of these will be heard in December at the Appeals Chamber of the […]

28 Oct 2019 Ehsan Qaane • Sari Kouvo • Rights and Freedoms

Afghanistan’s 2019 Election (21): BVV devices and a delay in announcing preliminary results

The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has completed the transfer of data from the biometric devices to its central server. Those 1,932,673 votes now need to be gone through using a verification process to weed out duplicate, underage and ‘photo-proxy’ votes. Only then, will the IEC know the final number of biometrically-validated votes. It has also, […]

25 Oct 2019 Ali Yawar Adili • Jelena Bjelica • Thomas Ruttig • Political Landscape

Afghanistan’s 2019 Election (20): Even lower turnout figures

The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has published the first turnout figures which are backed up by biometric voter data. After weeks of ever greater turnout figures being successively announced, this latest update has reversed the trend: the IEC is now saying only 1.7 million ‘BVVed votes’ were cast, a decrease in reported turnout of almost one […]

22 Oct 2019 Ali Yawar Adili • Jelena Bjelica • Thomas Ruttig • Political Landscape

IEC’s statement about the delay to announcing the preliminary results of the presidential election (AAN’s working translation)

IEC’s statement about the delay to announcing the preliminary results of the presidential election (AAN’s working translation) Date: 19 October 2019 First of all, the IEC apologises to the people of Afghanistan and the stakeholders involved in the election process for not announcing and publishing the preliminary results of 28 September election. The IEC appreciates […]

19 Oct 2019 Elections

Afghanistan’s 2019 Election (19): An ambiguous picture of E-day civilian casualties

The latest UNAMA report and other figures paint a mixed picture of the level of violence Afghanistan experienced on election day. On one hand, the day remained calmer than many feared, without the massive terror attacks threatened by the Taleban. On the other hand, 28 September was the second-most violent election day the country has ever […]

17 Oct 2019 Thomas Ruttig • War and Peace

Afghanistan’s 2019 election (18): How the people of Bamyan, Daikundi and Lal wa Sarjangal voted

The election in the largely Hazara provinces of Bamyan and Daikundi and Lal wa Sarjangal district of Ghor province went relatively smoothly, albeit with two technical problems that were ubiquitous – slow and (temporarily) malfunctioning Biometric Voter Verification (BVV) devices and disturbing instances of voters being turned away because their names were not on the […]

16 Oct 2019 Ali Yawar Adili • Political Landscape

Afghanistan’s 2019 Election (17): IEC tally process underway but figures remain murky

The IEC aims to announce the preliminary results of the presidential elections on 19 October 2019. It is however struggling with the logistical challenge of gathering and vetting even the most basic electoral data. There is also the question of how to deal with the aftermath of yet another instance of a patchily implemented, sophisticated […]

12 Oct 2019 AAN Team • Political Landscape

AAN contributes to book on “Education and Development in Afghanistan”

After years of military interventions, the current situation in Afghanistan is highly ambivalent and partially contradictory – especially regarding the interplay of development, peace, security, education, and economy. Despite numerous initiatives, Afghanistan is still confronted with a poor security and economic condition. This volume investigates the tension between these ambivalent developments. Sociologists, political and cultural […]

11 Oct 2019 Thomas Ruttig • External publications

New UNAMA Civilian Causalities Report: US targeting of alleged drug labs goes against international humanitarian law

UNAMA released a special report on Wednesday 9 October, which examines in detail the United States airstrikes against alleged methamphetamine processing facilities in Bakwa district of Farah province. The report concludes that the operation, which took place on 5 May 2019, “did not meet the definition of legitimate military objectives under international law.” It is […]

10 Oct 2019 Jelena Bjelica • War and Peace

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