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07 April 2016, University of Kent – Annual Conference: Conflict Termination to Conflict Recurrence, A Multidisciplinary Approach to Analysing Post-Conflict Societies

AAN’s co-director Dr Sari Kouvo will be one of the panelist for the discussion on “Who Is A Victim, Who Is A Perpetrator: transitional justice in post-conflict societies” at the The University of Kent: Brussels School of International Studies Annual International Conference. The panel will focus on the issue of how the construction of victim and perpetrator identities affect […]

4 Apr 2016 admin • Events

Afghanistan’s Returning Refugees: Why are so many still landless?

More than 5.8 million Afghans, about 20 per cent of Afghanistan’s population, are refugees who have returned home since the fall of the Taleban according to UNHCR figures. Many found their houses destroyed or occupied, or discovered that a new set of laws had scrapped their tenancy rights. The government plan for distributing land to […]

29 Mar 2016 Jelena Bjelica • Migration

31 March: AAN in Bremen on „Secure Zones in Afghanistan?“

„Secure Zones in Afghanistan?“ Presentation and discussion with AAN co-director Thomas Ruttig (in German)   Time: Thursday, 31 March 2016, 7:00pm   Venue: Gewerkschaftshaus, Bremen Bahnhofsplatz 22 – 28 / Haupteingang: An der Weide Tivoli-Saal   Organisers: Afghanisch-Deutsche Kulturinitiative e.V.,
 Bremer Informationszentrum für Menschenrechte und Entwicklung (biz), DGB Bremen, Flüchtlingsrat Bremen,
Bremer Friedensforum   Afghanistan, after Syria, […]

29 Mar 2016 Thomas Ruttig • Events

Member of AAN’s advisory board Ann Wilkens on the Afghan minors seeking asylum in Sweden – March, 2016

Ambassador Ann Wilkens, member of AAN’s advisory board and the former Swedish Ambassador to Afghanistan and Pakistan discusses the case of Afghan minors seeking asylum in Sweden. Note: In the first answer if the figures are not very audible. She said that around 15 percent of the Swedish population is born outside Sweden.  

29 Mar 2016 AAN Guests • Podcasts

AAN’s Obaid Ali on the security in Kunduz – February, 2016

AAN’s assistant country director Obaid Ali discusses security in Kunduz and insurgency in the north.  

23 Mar 2016 Obaid Ali • Podcasts

Happy Nawruz! A blessed year 1395 to our readers

Dear readers and friends, the AAN team wishes you a blessed, healthy and hopefully more peaceful Afghan year 1395. This year spring has come early and many trees are already in full bloom. But this is no reason to abandon the tradition of getting some pink tulips from the north, Afghanistan’s new year flowers, to mark the beginning […]

20 Mar 2016 AAN Team • Context and Culture

Afghanistan in World Literature (IV): Weird Tales from the Frontier

Throughout the last couple of centuries, the way foreign authors, both novelists and scholars, have portrayed Afghans has had an impact on how Afghanistan itself is perceived. One such writer, a bestseller in his day, although now less well known, is the 1920s-30s fantasy and adventure writer, Robert E Howard. His novels stand out, says […]

18 Mar 2016 Fabrizio Foschini • Context and Culture

Clinics under fire? Health workers caught up in the Afghan conflict

Those providing health care in contested areas in Afghanistan say they are feeling under increasing pressure from all sides in the war. There have been two egregious attacks on medical facilities in the last six months: the summary execution of two patients and a carer taken from a clinic in Wardak by Afghan special forces in […]

15 Mar 2016 Kate Clark • Rights and Freedoms

Helmand (2): The chain of chiefdoms unravels

In Helmand in the second half of 2015, the ‘dominos’ started to fall, with successive areas of the province coming under Taleban control. During the United States surge, a line of ‘chiefdoms’ was created, where Afghan National Police (ANP), Afghan Local Police (ALP) and militia commanders managed to consolidate control of local areas. In 2015, […]

11 Mar 2016 Rahmatullah Amiri • War and Peace

Helmand (1): A crisis a long time coming

The rapid fall of entire areas of Helmand to the Taleban during the second half of 2015 and early 2016 has left the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) scrambling to hold the line and try to push back, and led to international forces deploying troops to the province. Guest author Rahmatullah Amiri* brings a special […]

10 Mar 2016 Rahmatullah Amiri • War and Peace