Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

AAN in the Media

Afghans are riding a secret Kabul-Canada express

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Los Angeles Daily News, 29 September 2014

In an article about some Afghan army officers defecting during a training stay in the US, the author builds the link to the current Afghan situation and the elections, quoting AAN’s Kate Clark:

“In the end, the deal to form a successor administration to Karzai’s was done behind closed doors and with huge amounts of foreign help,” writes Kate Clark, a senior analyst with the Afghanistan Analysts Network, an independent nonprofit. “At best, [Ghani and Abdullah] will now work as partners with a common goal. At worst, all those tasks will re-open or keep open old divides and rivalries.”