Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Felix Kuehn

A Knock on the Door: 22 Months of ISAF Press Releases

Alex Strick-Van-Linschoten • Felix Kuehn •

ISAF officials have long presented the capture‐or‐kill operations as one of the most effective parts of the military mission in Afghanistan. They regularly release large figures describing the number of ‘leaders’, ‘facilitators’ and ‘insurgents’ that were killed or captured, to illustrate the success of the campaign. AAN’s latest report, by Alex Strick van Linschoten and […]

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Kandahar in Revolt: The Quran demos in the light of history

Felix Kuehn •

The sort of violent demonstrations which took place in Kandahar in the first week of April against the burning of a Qur’an in the United States, with large gatherings of people and clashes with Afghan security forces, have not been seen since the late 1950s and early 1980s. Usually, says our guest blogger, the freelance […]

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