ABC News (Australia), 20 April 2017 AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted on the “information blackout” after the US bomb on Achin, how this might help ISKP’s recruitment and how US President Trump might treat Afghanistan going forward: Kate Clark, director of the independent Afghan Analysts’ network, said there had been an “information blackout” from Achin, the […]
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Daily Mail, 20 April 2017 Article based on Reuters’ reporting on the aftermath of the US’ Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb (but seemingly more celebratory than the original) quotes AAN’s Kate Clark: Residents in Achin district say that they knew of no civilians still living voluntarily in the areas near the Islamic State stronghold, but […]
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Proceso, 18 April 2017 Interview with AAN’s Martine van Bijlert in the Mexican weekly Proceso on the Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb that was dropped in Achin by the US. “La guerra de Afganistán es quizás una guerra olvidada en los medios de comunicación internacionales, pero continúa. El ejército de Estados Unidos permanece en Afganistán. […]
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DNA (India), 17 April 2017 Another article that references AAN’s writing on ISKP when discussing the ‘Mother of All Bombs’ that was dropped on Achin: However, the question that needs to be asked is, what exactly is the ISKP in Afghanistan and what warranted such a military strike by Washington D.C.? “The IS fighters who […]
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Blank Spot Project (Sweden), 16 April 2017 In this article by Franz Marty, reporting from Kunar about Hezb-e Islami, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted on the general military relevance of the party after 2001 and on its relation, in eastern Afghanistan, with the Taleban: Enligt Thomas Ruttig, på Afghanistan Analysts Network, har endast vissa delar av Hezbi-i […]
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Voice of America News, 16 April 2017 Article on the visit of US National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster to Kabul quotes AAN’s initial assessment on the Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb that the US dropped on a cave complex in Nangarhar on 13 April 2017: Given ISKP’s limited role in Afghanistan, there are questions as to […]
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The National (UAE), 15 April 2017 Article on the strength of Daesh in Afghanistan appears to lean heavily on AAN’s dispatch from July 2016 on the origins of the group in Afghanistan. It also quotes AAN’s Borhan Osman: According to Borhan Osman, a researcher with the Afghan Analysts Network, who has written extensively on the […]
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Stars and Stripes, 14 April 2017 In a follow-up article on the MOAB strike, the Stars and Stripes quotes AAN’s Martine van Bijlert again: Some analysts questioned the need to use a bomb of such destructive power given the group’s lack of momentum. “The threat posed by ISIS in Afghanistan just doesn’t seem that large […]
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MO (mondiaal nieuws), 14 April 2017 This highly critical article on the US strike by Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb quotes AAN’s recent dispatch on ISKP’s battle for minds, stating that while ISKP’s presence on the battle field is diminishing, its ideological potential may not be facing the same decline: “De extreem sektarische aanpak van IS-K […]
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VG Nyheter, 14 April 2017 Norwegian quotes AAN’s Martine van Bijlert again on the Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, dropped on Achin by the US: Martine van Bijlert, en av direktørene i det internasjonale Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), sa følgende til VG torsdag kveld: – Det er vanskelig å si med så få detaljer om hva […]
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The Guardian, 14 April 2017 AAN’s Borhan Osman comments on the US’ use of a Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb in Afghanistan: The US had sustained an air campaign to eradicate Isis in eastern Afghanistan for more than a year, and according to Borhan Osman, an Isis expert with the Afghanistan Analysts Network, it had […]
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Stars and Stripes, 14 April 2017 AAN’s Martine van Bijlert was quoted commenting on the US’ use of a Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb against a Dash base in Achin, Nangarhar: Questions have emerged about whether, because of the group’s size and limited penetration in Afghanistan, the strike was overkill. The ISIS offshoot, known as […]
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