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Pakistan Taliban shift focus to Afghanistan

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Asia Times online, 12 December 2012 Pakistani analyst Amir Mir looks at the background of Lashkar-e Jhangvi and says that LeJ Al(a)mi is ‘is largely believed to be the international wing’ of the former organisation. he also looks at the reports about negotiations between Pakistan’s Taleban and the Islamabad government but does not show links […]

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Reporting Problems in Southeast Afghanistan

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IWPR, 12 December 2011 The Afghanistan-based reporters of IWPR report about the low standard of Afghan journalism, taking media in Nangarhar province as an example (putting the province into the southeast, instead of the east).

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‘Tough way to do business’

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The Friday Times, 9-15 December 2011 Shashank Joshi takes a closer look at the implications of Pakistan’s decision to close its transit route for NATO supplies. The move forces NATO to make even greater use of the more expensive alternatives: the NDN (twice the cost) and air lifts (ten times the cost). On the other […]

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Berlin, 8 December 2011: After Bonn2 – podium with AAN participation

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‘Wie weiter am Hindukusch? Zehn Jahre danach: Afghanistan nach der Bonner Außenministerkonferenz’: AAN’s Thomas Ruttig and Bente Scheller, the Boell Foundation’s outgoing head of office in Kabul, will discuss the outcome of the 5 December international conference on Afghanistan in Bonn, the role of Afghan civil society and perspectives for Afghanistan (in German). Time: Thursday, […]

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Entropy and insurgent radicalisation: an ISAF goal?

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alexstrick.com, 7 December 2011 Alex argues that the attacks against Shia places of worship in Afghanistan, if really committed by a Lakhkar-i Jhangvi splinter group, might be another indication that ‘the Taliban’s central leadership (based, for the most part, in Karachi) have been steadily losing control over the violence in Afghanistan. This is not to […]

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Kabul attacks: who is behind the suicide bombing?

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Guardian, 7 December 2011 In the Guardian’s ‘Comment is free’ section, Abbas Daiyar – who has also written blogs for AAN – draws the genealogical tree of Pakistan-based secterian splinter group Lashkar-i Jhangvi al-Al(a)mi that took responsibility for the Ashura attacks in Kabul and Mazar back to mainstream JUI party and also points to the […]

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From Bonn 1 to Bonn 2: Afghanistan’s missed opportunities

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The author, Francesc Vendrell served in Afghanistan as both the Personal Representative the UN Secretary-General and the EU Special Representative. He looks back on the past decade, describing the pre-Bonn attempts at a political settlement, the first Bonn conference and the opportunities that were missed since then. Prolonged conflicts are particularly difficult to resolve, often […]

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1 December 2011: New AAN Discussion Paper: The International Engagement in Afghanistan beyond 2014

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This new report by the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), The International Community’s Engagement in Afghanistan beyond 2014, discusses the challenges for transition and the cost of a hasty and unconditioned international withdrawal. It particularly focuses on security, economy, political framework, reconciliation, governance, human rights and regional politics. In the wake of the international conference on […]

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Dresden, 30 November 2011: AAN at Kreuzkirche

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On Wednesday, 30 November (7.30 pm), AAN’s Co-Director Thomas Ruttig will speak about ‘Afghanistan: On the way to democracy or civil war’ (in German) as part of the series: ‘Dialog der Kulturen’. Host organisation: Ökumenisches Informationszentrum e.V. (ÖIZ) Venue: Mauersbergersaal, Haus an der Kreuzkirche, Dresden (Germany). Admission is free. More about ÖIZ here

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قرعه‌کشی اعضای پارلمان برای رفتن به ب

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Hasht-e Sobh, 29 November 2011 The article relates the ‘lottery’ among Afghan MPS to get the (few) posts reserved for them at Bonn 2 and the competition that ensued.

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افغانستان دیگر اولویت جهانی نیست

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Hasht-e Sobh, 28 November 2011 Title in English: Afghanistan’s Isn’t the World’s Priority Anymore; Sanjar Sohail’s take on the 23 November Böll conference: ‘We need to find a regional solution ourselves’.

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Brussels, 29 November 2011: AAN’s Thomas Ruttig with an assessment on the eve of Bonn 2

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AAN’s Thomas Ruttig will speak at the Egmont Institute (Royal Institute for International Relations) of Belgium under the title ‚The political future of Afghanistan: An assessment on the eve of the Bonn conference’. Time: 6 to 8 pm For more information and registration call: +32 (0) 2 223 41 14

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