Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Sudhansu Verma

All the Khan’s Men: Imran Khan and the Turncoats

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Newsline (Pakistan), 11 February 2012 The Pakistani magazine looks at the politicking behind Pakistani politician and ex-cricketer Imran Khan’s ascent and at the ‘new’ faces joining his movement.

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Leadership Rift Emerges in Pakistani Taliban

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New York Times, 5 March 2012 The background story on the dismissal of Maulvi Faqir Muhammad as deputy head of the Pakistani Taleban umbrella organisation TTP, on the issue of peace talks with the Pakistani government.

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1 March 2012: Security Arrangements, Transitional Justice, and Peace Mediation: Challenges and Options for the EU

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This expert and policymaker roundtable organised in Brussels will bring together 15-20 participants from the fields of Security Arrangements and Security Sector Reform; Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration; Transitional Justice; Peace Mediation and EU Foreign Policy. The expert seminar aims to: 1. Present and exchange lessons, findings, dilemmas and difficulties from the experience of promoting accountability and […]

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Taliban seek constitutional role for Mullah Omar

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The Hindu, 1 March 2012 The Hindu’s Praveen Swami who has emerged lately as a well-informed Taleban watcher, usually quoting very well informed Indian diplomats, and this time a European diplomat, too, comes up with another scoop: According to his sources, the Taleban are demanding ‘dramatic constitutional changes which would make Mullah Muhammad Omar Afghanistan’s […]

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23 March 2012, Berlin: Film show and discussion on ‘Generation Kunduz’

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AAN’s Thomas Ruttig will participate in a discussion of the documentary movie ‘Generation Kunduz: The War of the Others’ (both in German language) together with director and occasional AAN guest blogger Martin Gerner in Tilsiter Lichtspiele movie theatre on Friday 23 March 2012 at 8:00 pm. Generation Kunduz – Der Krieg der Anderen Dokumentarfilm, D […]

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‘State of the Taliban’ (leaked ISAF report)

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New York Times, 23 February 2012 This report, compiled for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force by special operations interrogators, provides a negative view of the alliance’s prospects in the view of Taliban prisoners.

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Rohrabacher’s “Blood Borders” in Balochistan

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Huffington Post, 22 February 2012 Christine Fair’s essential piece explaining the politicking behind a call of some US congress members to redraw Pakistan’s borders – and on their latest Afghan initiative: ‘Unfortunately, this [on Balochistan] is not the first geopolitical exploit Mr. Rohrabacher has orchestrated. In January of 2012, he and Mr. Gohmert, among other […]

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Fake Member Of Parliament Raises Alarm In Afghanistan

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RFE, 17 February 2012 According to a member of Afghanistan’s Upper House, a fake MP has visited two districts in Kandahar province and the provincial prison, facilitated by provincial governor Weesa who apparently did not check his identity.

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Local Officials Play Truant in Afghan North

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IWPR, 15 February 2012 An investigation of the Kabul-based journalists organisation finds that in Balkh province, 12 out of the 15 sub-governors rarely appeared at their workplaces in 2011 between March and August, even though Balkh is considered one of the safest provinces in Afghanistan.

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Afghan cash buyers target Palm Jumeirah

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Arabian Business, 14 February 2012 ‘An estimated $8bn is believed to have been stashed away in Dubai by Afghan investors in recent years, according to experts. “They come and spend cash and they know what they want. They are mainly looking for the Palm. Just right now, we have two or three big negotiations that […]

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Afghan Investors Scared by Kidnapping Wave

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IWPR, 14 February 2012 Afghan businessmen claim that police and relatives of powerful officials have been linked to a wave of kidnapping and killing of colleagues. The Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ACCI, says 85 of its members have been killed or abducted since late March 2011, 20 more than in the preceding 12 […]

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Guest Blog: No Frontpage News? Afghanistan’s Ongoing IDP Crisis

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A powerful article published in the New York Times on 3 February 2011 has raised the critical question about what, if anything, humanitarian agencies are doing to address the growing IDP crisis in Afghanistan and how many children (and adults) have to die until the international community is willing to wake up and admit that […]

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