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Thomas Ruttig

U.N. says Afghanistan’s court system fails women

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Los Angeles Times, 19 April 2015 A new UN report, “Justice through the eyes of Afghan Women”, says Afghanistan’s court system is failing to provide adequate access to women who are victims of violence. “Along with fears of corruption, including paying bribes to move the process along, women in Afghanistan, as in many other countries, felt they […]

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Erstes großes IS-Attentat in Afghanistan?

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ARD, 18 April 2015 AAN’s Kate Clark on German Tagesschau prime time news raises some doubts whether the IS is really responsible for today’s bloody suicide attack in Jalalabad, saying that it might just have grabbed the opportunity to claim responsibility, as it needs international attention (with video).

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Meeting of women activists in Khost, 2014. Photo: Pajhwok.

Four next public events with AAN participation

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There are four public events in the next two weeks with AAN participation, in Copenhagen (Denmark), Heidelberg and Berlin (both Germany), Basle (Switzerland).   22 April 2015, 8pm at Heidelberg Theatre Podium discussion (in German), “Peace?! Afghanistan after the ISAF mission“ Participants: • Thomas Ruttig, Co-Director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network; • Ahmad Nasir Formuli […]

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Islamisten in Afghanistan Zwischen Angst und Anziehung

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FAZ, 13 April 2015 In the leading German daily Friederike Böge discusses the pro and cons of the alleged IS spread in Afghanistan, quoting from an AAN dispatch on the – meanwhile killed – deputy IS governor for ‘Khorasan’: Nach einem Bericht der Denkfabrik „Afghanistan Analysts Network“ lag das an der schwachen Stellung seines Stammes […]

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Afghanistan vows action after ISIS-style beheading video

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AFP/Daily Star, 12 April 2015 After an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan video purportedly showing the IS-style beheading of a former Afghan soldier was published online and reports of a local IMU commander pledging support to the Islamic State, AAN’s Borhan Osman is quoted with comments on the IMU-Taleban-IS relationship: The video marks something of a departure […]

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Afghanistan Vows Action Against Uzbek Insurgents After IS-Style Beheading Video

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Outlook India, 8 April 2015 The renowned Indian magazine, scrutinising an alleged pro-IS turn of the IMU and a video published by the organisation, quotes AAN’s Borhan Osman: The video marks something of a departure for IMU, said Borhan Osman, a researcher with the Afghanistan Analysts Network in Kabul. “It used to operate in coordination […]

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Brutalt dåd lyfter afghanska problem

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Helsingborgs Dagblad, 7 April 2015 The Swedish daily reports about the follow-up to the killing of the young woman, Farkhunda, in Kabul and quotes AAN’s Martine van Bijlert: Mordet har också satt strålkastaren på ett korrupt rättssystem samtidigt som det väcker frågor om vad ett islamiskt samhälle egentligen innebär, enligt Martine van Bijlert på Afghanistan […]

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Islamic State’s apparent expansion may be deceptive

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Los Angeles Times, 1 April 2015 Another quote of AAN’s Borhan Osman on IS in Afghanistan/Pakistan: Islamic State’s “declaration of a move into ‘Khorasan’ may have been over-hasty,” Borhan Osman of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, a Kabul-based research group, wrote in a recent commentary. “Afghanistan and Pakistan are a long way from the group’s heartland […]

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Post Runners, Aerogrammes and the Big E-Mail Challenge: Scenes from 135 years of Afghan postal service

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Calling the pre-email postal service (hand-written letters, you remember, and postcards) “snail mail” has been appropriate for Afghanistan for most of the past century, and even before. Established in 1878, it took Afghanistan’s service half a century to become part of the international postal system. After that, it was cut off during long years of […]

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What the Right Wing Gets Wrong About Bowe Bergdahl

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The Rolling Stone, 26 March 2015 In an article on the Us discussion about ex-Taleban prisoner and accused deserter Bowe Bergdahl, AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted on the five Taleban prisoners against which Bergdahl was swapped: Bergdahl was traded for five Taliban figures of varying importance. “Of the five, four were high-ranking Taleban officials, while […]

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The Unity Government’s First Six Months: Where is the governance?

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After six months of Afghan Unity Government – what has been achieved? President Ghani, some say, has been ruling with a ‘two-man government’ (him and Hanif Atmar, head of the National Security Council), leading many to feel left out. ‘Strategic silence’ has become a somewhat mocking term for Ghani’s style of government – or is he […]

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Norway Taliban-Afghan government move interesting, says analyst

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The Foreigner (Norway), 26 March 2015 AAN country director Kate Clark comments on the invitation by Norwegian authorities of three Taleban members together with representatives of the Afghan government for a peace seminar at Oslo for a peace negotiations course, looking also at ceasefire agreements: “I think reports of the Taliban having attended the seminar are credible,” Kate Clark, […]

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