Keskisuomalainen, 5 November 2016 The Finnish newspaper quotes AAN’s Jelena Bjelica in this article about Afghanistan’s soaring opium production: – Siemenet ovat ilmeisesti peräisin Kiinasta, missä oopiumia viljellään laillisesti lääkekäyttöön, sanoo Jelena Bjelica riippumattomasta Afghanistan Analysts Network -järjestöstä.
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Deutsche Welle, 4 November 2016 AAN’s Kate Clark explains, in a transcribed interview with the English language service of German Deutsche Welle, the main findings of her report about the experience of eight Afghan Guantanamo detainees.
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The Guardian, 3 November 2016 The British daily reports extensively about AAN’s latest report, “Kafka in Cuba”: A highly respected research organization in Afghanistan has accused the US of gross incompetence over eight Afghans long detained at the Guantánamo Baydetention center. The “obvious, multiple mistakes” the not-for-profit Afghanistan Analysts Network says the US committed have not […]
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BBC Persian, 3 November 2016 The BBC’s Persian service also picks up AAN’s latest report authored by Kate Clark: “Kafka in Cuba: Afghan experience in Guantánamo” – in this video. It brings some of the report’s main findings and refers to individual cases.
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Deutsche Welle (Spanish), 3 November 2016 Article reports on AAN’s latest report “Kafka in Cuba” and refers to the organisation as “the prestigious centre for Afghan analysis:” Estados Unidos retuvo a ocho prisioneros afganos en Guantánamo en base sólo a “acusaciones vagas” llenas de “crasos errores”, según un informe que publicó hoy (03.11.2016) el prestigioso […]
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ARC.info (Switzerland), 3 November 2016 This Swiss-French outlet also picks up the launch of AAN’s report “Kafka in Cuba:” Huit Afghans ont été détenus pendant des années à Guantanamo alors que les éléments à charge étaient fragiles, imaginaires ou provenaient de rumeurs, a affirmé jeudi une ONG. Ils comptent parmi les Afghans restés le plus longtemps prisonniers […]
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Voice of America, 3 November 2016 Extensive article on AAN’s latest report includes an official ‘response’ by the US Department of Defence: The Afghan case files are “full of mistakes, bad translations and fanatical allegations, and evidence made up of hearsay, double hearsay, unsubstantiated intelligence reports and testimony from those who were tortured,” asserted Kate […]
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Khaama Press, 3 November 2016 Afghan press agency Khaama also reported on the release of AAN’s latest report describing the (lack of) evidence in the cases of the eight longest serving Afghans in Guantanamo.
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Reuters/Spiegel, 3 November 2016 The leading German news magazine’s website reports AAN’s latest report: Das Rechercheinstitut Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), ein Zusammenschluss unabhängiger Experten, hat den Fall von Karim und sieben weiteren Guantanamo-Häftlingen geprüft. Das Ergebnis: Die US-Militärbehörden haben fatale Fehler gemacht. Die Inhaftierungen von Karim und den anderen Afghanen basierten demnach auf Hörensagen, mangelhaften Indizien, […]
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RFE/RL’s Gandhara blog, 3 November 2016 The blog reports AAN’s latest report, titled Kafka In Cuba, The Afghan Experience In Guantanamo, about the cases of eight of the longest-serving Afghan detainees of Guantanamo Bay. It emphasises that the allegedly ‘high value’ detainees include a former flower seller and a doorman.
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Deutschlandfunk, 3 November 2016 German public radio broadcaster DLF briefly reports AAN’s latest report “Kafka in Cuba” about Afghan detainees held in Guantanamo and links to the report (in German): Die USA sollen in ihrem Kriegsgefangenen-Lager Guantánamo acht Afghanen allein aufgrund von Hörensagen festgehalten haben – und dies mehr als 13 Jahre. Diese Vorwürfe erhebt […]
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Der Tagesspiegel, 31 October 2016 Article quotes extensively from AAN’s recent dispatch on the latest Ashura attack and the presence of ISKP cells in Kabul: Ein weiteres Signal für den Aufstieg des IS in Afghanistan aus seiner Sicht: Immer öfter werde über Kämpfe zwischen Taliban und IS-Gruppen berichtet: „Die Taliban fühlen sich eindeutig vom IS […]
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