The National (UAE), 3 May 2014 Full interview with AAN’s Borhan Osman, explaining how the Taleban persist as the main threat to the Afghan government and describing differences between the Taleban of Afghanistan and in Pakistan. He actually speaks about “two types of armed actors threatening security and state stability in Afghanistan. One is a relatively well-organised insurgency and another […]
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T24, 28 April 2014 In an article by this Turkish news channel on the anniversary of the left-wing “Saur revolution”, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted here (apparently through Deutsche Welle): Afgan Analistler Ağı’ndan Afganistan uzmanı Thomas Ruttig de Afgan güvenlik güçlerinin ISAF’ın çekilmesinin ardından sorumluluğu tek başına üstlenmeye hazır olduğu konusunda şüpheli. Ruttig, Afgan güvenlik […]
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Volkskrant, 28 April 2014 AAN's Martine van Bijlert is quoted in this Dutch daily on the possible vote banks for the two main candidates, saying that "Abdullah ook in de eerste rond al een substantieel aantal Pathaanse kiezers heeft getrokken. 'Daar waren veel proteststemmen bij', zegt ze. Een deel van de proteststemmen zal Abdullah volgens haar […]
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New York Times, 28 April 2014 In an article trying to make sense of the Taleban’s relative inactivity on Afghan election day and after, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted: “They [the Taleban] want to be recognized as a legitimate party. Why else do they call themselves the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and not the Taliban […]
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Libération, 28 April 2014 In an analysis of the Afghan election prcess so far, the French daily quotes AAN: “Selon le cabinet d’analyse politique Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), des rumeurs récurrentes évoquent également un rapprochement entre Abdullah Abdullah et Abdul Rassoul Sayaf.”
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Los Angeles Times, 25 April 2014 In another article about the killing of three medical staff of a NGO-run hospital in Kabul, AAN's Kate Clark is quoted with an explanation: "They [foreign civilians] can be seen as the soft underbelly of the intervention, an easy way to hit Western governments rather than trying to fight […]
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Wall Street Journal, 25 April 2014 In an article on the killing of three medical staff at a NGO-run hospital in Kabul, AAN's Kate Clark tries an explanation: "There is perhaps the start of a trend of foreign civilians being targeted," said Kate Clark, a veteran analyst with the Kabul-based Afghan Analysts Network. "For various […]
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Reuters/Euronews, 16 Apil 2014 AAN's Wazhma Samandary is quoted in this article about a young Kandahari woman campaigning for a seat in the provincial council: “The withdrawal of international forces has increased concerns about insecurity, because of the increase of anti-government groups, militias, local commanders and other strongmen,” Wazhma Samandary, a researcher at Afghanistan Analysts […]
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IPS, 17 Aril 2014 "The Afghanistan presidential election is turning out to be a tale of two narratives. The more positive and democratic one could be winning the day", writes IPS's Giuliano Battiston, and quotes from one of Martine van Bijlert's AAN dispatches, more on the cautious side: “Nobody really knows how many voters there are, […]
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Stars and Stripes, 16 April 2014 "As the glow of a successful presidential election fades, a picture is emerging of key post-election procedures taking place in secret and independent observers being kept in the dark while votes are counted and thrown out for irregularities" writes the US daily. And quotes AAN's Martine van Bijlert: Martine […]
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Deutsche Welle, 16 April 2014 AAN's Kate Clark is quoted here with a look at the internal evolution of the Taleban: Afghanistan expert Kate Clark believes the Taliban, in many ways, behave much worse as a fighting force in opposition than they did while in power. "They were an organized, largely disciplined force, although one which […]
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Press TV (Iran), 14 April 2014 The website of this Iranian TV channel reports the case of a Pakistani truck driver and former Bagram prison inmate who alleges that he has been tortured there while the facility was still under US control. For background, the report adds: "In July 2013, the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), […]
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