Afghanistan’s 2019 Election (12): Scrutinising the IEC’s partial turnout figures The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has provided partial turnout figures for Saturday’s presidential election, but the numbers and the manner in which they have been released are somewhat baffling. Two days after the vote, it is also still not clear how many polling centres opened on polling day. The fluidity of the figures and a […] 30 Sep 2019 AAN Team • Political Landscape
Afghanistan’s 2019 Election (11): A first look at how E-Day went The Independent Election Commission has given its first rough estimation of turnout in Afghanistan’s 2019 Presidential Elections. It was low, with fewer than two million voters out of 9.66 million registered, about a quarter, coming out to vote. The Taleban only managed to conduct one large-scale attack, in Kandahar city, but committed 400 other, mainly […] 28 Sep 2019 Jelena Bjelica • Thomas Ruttig • Political Landscape
Afghanistan’s 2019 Election (10): What to watch out for on election day Past Afghan elections have frequently been bewildering and surreal, even for those following the politics of the country for a long time. With this in mind, and taking into account the recent measures adopted to try to stave off a repeat of the chaos, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, Martine van Bijlert, Ali Yawar Adili and Jelena […] 26 Sep 2019 Thomas Ruttig • Ali Yawar Adili • Jelena Bjelica • Martine van Bijlert • Political Landscape
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Afghanistan’s 2019 Election (9): Presidential poll primer After two delays and the cancelation of a peace deal which might have scuppered the poll altogether, Afghanistan’s presidential election is finally to happen, on Saturday 28 September. It will be the country’s fourth presidential election and seventh election in total since 2001. In this primer, AAN’s Ali Yawar Adili, Jelena Bjelica and Thomas Ruttig […] 25 Sep 2019 Ali Yawar Adili • Jelena Bjelica • Thomas Ruttig • Political Landscape
Afghanistan’s 2019 Elections (8): Greater insecurity, fewer votes and pre-election politics in Herat Security has been deteriorating in the western province of Herat with the government and Taleban continuing to hit each other hard, particularly in districts farther from the provincial capital. Insecurity, together with the disillusionment after the previous mismanaged elections, is likely to result in fewer voters going to the polls on 28 September compared to […] 23 Sep 2019 S Reza Kazemi • Political Landscape
The 1919 War of Independence (or third Anglo-Afghan War): a conflict the Afghans started (and ended) Not all conflicts in Afghanistan’s history have been long, drawn-out or seemingly endless affairs, and not all of them degenerated into civil wars either. Outstanding among them, sadly many, instances of military operations inside or around Afghanistan, was the War of Independence of 1919, one of the few which was started by the Afghan state […] 21 Sep 2019 Fabrizio Foschini • Context and Culture
Afghanistan’s 2019 Election (7): Dithering over peace amid a lacklustre campaign One ticket has fallen apart and one candidate has withdrawn his candidacy in favour of another. This has reduced the number of presidential candidates from 18 to 16 and left the two incumbents, President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Dr Abdullah, as the main contenders in the race. In this piece, AAN’s Ali Yawar Adili […] 16 Sep 2019 Thomas Ruttig • Ali Yawar Adili • Political Landscape
