Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Thomas Ruttig

Is Daesh really in Afghanistan?

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TRT World, 10 November 2016 The website of the Turkish state broadcaster’s English service extensively quotes AAN’s Borhan Osman on the role of ISKP: Borhan Osman, a Kabul-based analyst at the Afghanistan Analyst Network, said there is no “hard evidence” to show operational links between the members in Afghanistan and Baghdadi’s group in the Middle East. […]

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“Oopiumi merkitsee rahaa, miksi viljelisimme vehnää?”

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Keskisuomalainen, 5 November 2016 The Finnish newspaper quotes AAN’s Jelena Bjelica in this article about Afghanistan’s soaring opium production: – Siemenet ovat ilmeisesti peräisin Kiinasta, missä oopiumia viljellään laillisesti lääkekäyttöön, sanoo Jelena Bjelica riippumattomasta Afghanistan Analysts Network -järjestöstä.

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In the world of Kafka – The Afghan experience in Guantanamo

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Deutsche Welle, 4 November 2016 AAN’s Kate Clark explains, in a transcribed interview with the English language service of German Deutsche Welle, the main findings of her report about the experience of eight Afghan Guantanamo detainees.

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US accused of gross incompetence in cases of eight Afghans at Guantánamo

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The Guardian, 3 November 2016 The British daily reports extensively about AAN’s latest report, “Kafka in Cuba”: A highly respected research organization in Afghanistan has accused the US of gross incompetence over eight Afghans long detained at the Guantánamo Baydetention center. The “obvious, multiple mistakes” the not-for-profit Afghanistan Analysts Network says the US committed have not […]

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‘هشت افغان بدون دلیل موجه در گوانتانامو محبوسند’

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BBC Persian, 3 November 2016 The BBC’s Persian service also picks up AAN’s latest report authored by Kate Clark: “Kafka in Cuba: Afghan experience in Guantánamo” – in this video. It brings some of the report’s main findings and refers to individual cases.

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Guantanamo: USA hielten Afghanen aufgrund von Hörensagen gefangen

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Reuters/Spiegel, 3 November 2016 The leading German news magazine’s website reports AAN’s latest report: Das Rechercheinstitut Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), ein Zusammenschluss unabhängiger Experten, hat den Fall von Karim und sieben weiteren Guantanamo-Häftlingen geprüft. Das Ergebnis: Die US-Militärbehörden haben fatale Fehler gemacht. Die Inhaftierungen von Karim und den anderen Afghanen basierten demnach auf Hörensagen, mangelhaften Indizien, […]

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Report Denounces ‘Gross Errors’ On Afghan Guantanamo Detainees

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RFE/RL’s Gandhara blog, 3 November 2016 The blog reports AAN’s latest report, titled Kafka In Cuba, The Afghan Experience In Guantanamo, about the cases of eight of the longest-serving Afghan detainees of Guantanamo Bay. It emphasises that the allegedly ‘high value’ detainees include a former flower seller and a doorman.

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USA hielten acht Afghanen mehr als 13 Jahre aufgrund von Hörensagen fest

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Deutschlandfunk, 3 November 2016 German public radio broadcaster DLF briefly reports AAN’s latest report “Kafka in Cuba” about Afghan detainees held in Guantanamo and links to the report (in German): Die USA sollen in ihrem Kriegsgefangenen-Lager Guantánamo acht Afghanen allein aufgrund von Hörensagen festgehalten haben – und dies mehr als 13 Jahre. Diese Vorwürfe erhebt […]

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Afghanistan tries to clean up its militias, both legal and illegal

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Los Angeles Times, 31 October 2016 Another how militias – both ‘official’ and private – strive due to rivalries among the local authorities, this time from Takhar province

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Taliban Envoy Breaks Silence to Urge Group to Reshape Itself and Consider Peace

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New York Times, 31 October 2016 The Times has spoken with the Taleban’s former chief negotiator and head of their political commission Sayed Muhammad Tayeb Agha – who is still influential among the more politically inclined insurgents – who has not only broken with nearly 15 years of public silence but also the so far seemingly unambiguous Taleban […]

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Multiple harvests drive Afghan opium boom

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AFP/Express Tribune et al, 31 October 2016 In an article about the latest Afghan poppy cultivation boom, the French News agency looks at Helmand province and quotes, among others, AAN’s Jelena Bjelica: “Some parts of Helmand plant twice a year, because of the favourable climate, but three poppy seasons would be thanks to genetically modified seeds,” […]

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International Criminal Court Poised to Open Investigation into War Crimes in Afghanistan

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Foreign Policy, 31 October 2016 The prosecutor’s office of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is ready to initiate a full investigation of a range of possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, including some by U.S. personnel, according to several knowledgeable sources. The article has no new information on the ICC-Afghan relationship but information […]

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