NSD (Sweden), 13 April 2017 Article quotes AAN’s Martine van Bijlert giving a first reaction on the use of a Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb in Achin, Nangarhar: Det är svårt att säga med tanke på hur få detaljer som är kända om syftet med angreppet. Men det tycks inte finnas några överhängande skäl för […]
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Publico, 13 April 2017 Article titled “The group that wants to take the place of the Taliban” quotes AAN’s Borhan Osman: “O nome Daesh tornou-se num título fácil para todos aqueles descontentes com os taliban, tanto no Afeganistão como no Paquistão, para ajustar contas com os seus ex-camaradas”, dizia recentemente Borhan Osman, do Afghanistan Analyst […]
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VG Nyheter, 13 April 2017 Article in Norwegian Daily quotes AAN’s Martine van Bijlert, alongside Afghanistan observer Astri Surke on the US’ use of a Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb in Achin, Nangarhar: “Det er vanskelig å si med så få detaljer om hva tanken bak angrepet var, men sett fra bakken virker det ikke å […]
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Opposing Views, 10 April 2017 Article quotes AAN on ISIS in Afghanistan: “The Taliban sees ISIS as a competitor on the battlefield,” Afghanistan Analysts’ Network told Newsweek. “When ISIS began appearing in Afghanistan and tried to get a foothold, the Taliban cracked down on them.”
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Voice of America News, 6 April 2017 Article discussing, among other things, the situation of Hazaras in Afghanistan quotes AAN on the regrouping of the Taleban after the death of its leader: Despite huge international aid and no end in sight for American military involvement, Afghanistan has struggled to curb the Taliban insurgency. In fact, the group […]
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Wiener Zeitung, 4 April 2017 Article on Afghanistan’s success in cricket quotes AAN’s recent dispatch “The Great Game: The rise of Afghan cricket from exodus and war”: “Dass es die beiden Spieler aus Afghanistan in die IPL geschafft haben, ist für viele Beobachter eine bemerkenswerte Erfolgsgeschichte. Laut einem Bericht des Afghanistan Analysts Network, einer Kabuler Denkfabrik, […]
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Medium.com, 30 March 2017 Article that is part of the Omidyar Network “Identities Project” refers to AAN’s 2016 dispatch on the troubled history of the e-tazkera as “well-worth your time”: Technology development is a constant tussle between the intentions and assumptions of designers and inventors, and the social contexts of the people who actually use […]
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Newsweek, 25 March 2017 Newsweek article on ISIS failure to gain a solid foothold in Afghanistan quotes AAN twice: [ISIS] has failed to make any significant headway in Afghanistan, a country that the Afghanistan Analysts’ Network describes as having “historical cache as the home of the first successful jihad of modern times.” Split into 398 […]
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Tageschau, 25 March 2017 Brief article on the state of schools in Afghanistan, quotes AAN on the situation in Kunduz, where funds for the construction and school supplies often end up in the hands of local warlords: “Die deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, kurz GIZ, schickt zum Beispiel keine Mitarbeiter mehr nach Kundus in Nordafghanistan […]
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Reuters, 23 March 2017 In this report, following a Save The Children report on education shortcomings in Afghanistan, the authors also quote AAN’s Ali Yawar Adili who also has recently written about exaggerated schooling figures, ghost schools and other phenomena marring the country’s education system: Ali Yawar Adili at the Afghanistan Analysts Network said there was […]
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ABC Australia, 21 March 2017 AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted here, as one of a number of analysts, on options for an Afghanistan policy under president Trump: Kate Clark, from the Afghan[istan] Analysts Network, says Afghanistan would fail if Mr Trump were to cut aid. “Clearly, if international funding — especially to the military but […]
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Jamestown Foundation (Eurasia Daily Monitor), 15 March 2017 Looking at cases of Tajiks trying to enter Afghanistan, from Russia through Iran, in order to join Daesh, author Edward Lemon cites AAN as a source a few times – and directly relates to an AAN dispatch by Christian Bleuer (“To Syria, not Afghanistan: Central Asian jihadis […]
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