Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

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Islamists, Leftists – and a Void in the Center. Afghanistan’s Political Parties and where they come from (1902-2006)

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Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Kabul/Berlin 2006 Thomas Ruttig Full publication available below: Islamists, Leftists – and a Void in the Center

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The 2004 Afghan Presidential Elections and Challenges for the Forthcoming Parliamentary Elections

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In: Moonis Ahmad (Ed.), The Challenge of Rebuilding Afghanistan, Program on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi and The Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad, 2005, pp. 61-71 Thomas Ruttig

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Taleban edict on the ban of internet (2001)

Published by Radio Shariat (transcript) Saturday, 25 Aug 2001 8:00 pm An edict of the IEA has been issued concerning the prohibition of using Internet on the territory of the IEA by the IEA administration, non-Emirate institutions, foreign and local NGOs. 1st article:         All IEA administration, non-Emirate institutions, foreign and local NGOs and individual people cannot use Internet […]

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Commitment letter for foreign nationals living on IEA territory

This was a draft document sent to international organisations by the Taleban government in June 2001; it was never implemented. Source: AAN archive. Exact copy of the English original (retyped because of poor quality of original fax copy): The commitments of Foreign NationalsWhile Living into the territory of the IEACommitment letter NameFather’s Name:Last Name:Passport no:Nationality: […]

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The Geneva Accords on Afghanistan

14 April 1988 Read the documents (here) that were concluded as component parts of the political settlement on Afghanistan, ending the Soviet military occupation: A Bilateral Agreement between the Republic of Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on the Principles of Mutual Relations, in particular on Non-interference and Non-intervention; A Declaration on International Guarantee! […]

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Zur Bedeutung der bürgerlichen Oppositionsbewegung der 50er Jahre unseres Jahrhunderts für die Formierung progressiver politischer Kräfte in Afghanistan

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Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Sektion Asienwissenschaften, 1985 Thomas Ruttig: Diploma thesis on the reformist opposition movement of the 1940/50s (in German)

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