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Deciding to Leave Afghanistan (3): What happens after arrival in Europe

AAN has done a series of twelve in-depth interviews with families of Afghans who recently travelled to Europe. The conversations provided a fascinating insight into the practicalities of both the decision making processes and the journey, the complex interplay between economic and security considerations and the mixed feelings families often have once their loved ones […]

19 May 2016 Martine van Bijlert • Migration

Deciding To Leave Afghanistan (2): The routes and the risks

AAN has done a series of twelve in-depth interviews with families of Afghans who recently travelled to Europe. The conversations provided a fascinating insight into the practicalities of both the decision making processes and the journey, the complex interplay between economic and security considerations and the mixed feelings families often have once their loved ones […]

18 May 2016 Jelena Bjelica • Migration

Power to the People (2): The TUTAP protests

When protesters interrupted President Ashraf Ghani’s speech in London three times on 13 May 2016, the heated controversy surrounding the route of TUTAP, a main electricity grid initiative, received even international attention. In Afghanistan, the tensions have been simmering since January 2016 when Hazara members of the government started trying to prevent a potential rerouting of […]

16 May 2016 Thomas Ruttig • Economy, Development, Environment

Old Names for the NDS and Defence Ministry: NUG proposes Stanakzai and Abdullah Khan, again.

The National Unity Government (NUG) has finally moved to fill the last two vacant key posts in the national cabinet, those of defence minister and head of the intelligence agency. In the climate of mistrust between its two camps, it was not easy to identify mutually acceptable candidates – and, so, the names are neither […]

13 May 2016 Thomas Ruttig • Political Landscape

Afghanistan’s Latest Executions: Responding to calls for capital punishment

On the president’s order, six convicts sentenced to death were executed by hanging in Pol-e Charkhi prison on the morning of 8 May 2016. The executions came after the president’s speech at the joint session of both houses of Parliament on 25 April 2016, in which he announced that the time for unjustified amnesty was […]

11 May 2016 Ehsan Qaane • Jelena Bjelica • Rights and Freedoms

Deciding To Leave Afghanistan (1): Motives for migration

AAN has done a series of twelve in-depth interviews with families of Afghans who recently travelled to Europe. The conversations provided a fascinating insight into the practicalities of both the decision making processes and the journey, the complex interplay between economic and security considerations and the mixed feelings families often have once their loved ones […]

8 May 2016 Lenny Linke • Migration

“No Microphone for the President”: Can Radio Television Afghanistan still become a public service broadcaster?

Turning government-run Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) into a public service broadcaster, a symbol of a democratic state, has been on the agenda of both donors and the Afghan government since 2002. However, only small, cosmetic changes have so far been made. As a result, many argue that this goal is no longer realistic. The overstaffed, […]

1 May 2016 Jelena Bjelica • Context and Culture

Ghani’s Speech to the Parliament: A hardening position on war, peace and Pakistan

President Ghani’s speech to the Afghan parliament, in an extraordinary joint session on 25 April 2016, was unprecedented. Made in response to demands that he clarify the government’s security policies, the televised speech was sober and dignified, and detailed the government’s hardening stance against Pakistan, the Haqqani network, Daesh and “parts of the Taleban.” Although, […]

27 Apr 2016 Martine van Bijlert • War and Peace

“We Knew They Had No Future in Kabul”: Why and How Afghan Families Decide to Leave

The increasing number of refugees and migrants arriving across Europe has led to heated debates and an increased political polarisation between pro and anti-refugee movements and parties. Afghans are now the second largest group entering the European Union. A recent study by AAN and FES explores the reasons behind Afghanistan’s increased migration, by focusing on […]

27 Apr 2016 AAN Team • External publications

Discussion: The obligations and jurisdictions of the ICC and Government of Afghanistan at AKCU

Afghanistan Analysts Network in association with Afghanistan Center at Kabul University, and the Transitional Justice Coordination Group is organising a symposium to discuss “the obligations of the ICC and Government of Afghanistan pursuant to the provisions of the Rome Statute and the interactions between these two institutes in the last thirteen years”, with purpose of providing the correct and important […]

26 Apr 2016 admin • Events