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9 April 2014, Berlin: Panel on Afghan Election

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“South Asia in Transition: Elections, political parties and civil society” Joint conference of the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg and Konrad Adenauer Foundation   Time: 9 April 2014, 10.00 – 16.30 (India panel before lunch; Pakistan panel 1:00 pm; Afghanistan panel 2:50pm)   Venue: Akademie der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Tiergartenstr. 35, Berlin Panellists are: Prof. Baryalai Hakimi Law […]

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Afghanistan presidential elections: large turnout as voters defy Taliban threats to disrupt poll

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ABC Australia, 7 April 2014 AAN's Thomas Ruttig here with a quote commenting on Afghan election day: Thomas Ruttig, a veteran Afghan watcher with the Afghanistan Analysts Network, says one aspect of election day that is troubling are reports that many voting booths ran out of ballot papers. "In recent elections have sometimes been the […]

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Complaints of fraud follow Afghan polls

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Deutsche Welle, 7 April 2014 Accusations have to be taken seriously and need to be investigated, AAN's Kate Clark is quoted here as saying: "If electoral fraud really took place, it would be of immense importance to make this known before a possible second round," she said. … "Then the Afghan people have the chance to vote […]

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Afghan election hailed as Taliban threat remains

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AP/Pekin Times, 7 April 2014 Martine van Bijlert, co-director of an independent research group called the Afghanistan Analysts Network, said the days ahead would be key to determining if the Taliban failed to disrupt the vote or if they purposefully laid low on due to the heavy security measures. “There’s always the possibility that they decided […]

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Elections 2014 (6): Two types of security in the Shomali

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The Shomali plain is the plateau spanning north of Kabul to the Salang. A fertile and comparatively rich area of the country, it also features strong political-armed networks dating back to the mujaheddin time. Fabrizio Foschini came back from observing the election in the Shomali with mixed feelings. The success achieved by Afghan security forces […]

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The Ghost Polls of Afghanistan: Election Day in Afghanistan’s hinterlands

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Harper's Magazine (blog), 7 April 2014 Repiortage from Matt Aikins and Anand Gopal's courageous E-Day trip into Wardak. "At the far limit of Afghan government control", they found a ghost polling station, at the village school of Ambu Khak, protected by a "US-backed" militia.  "A supervisor of the Wardak branch of an independent election-monitoring organization […]

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Trotz Anschlagsgefahr: Afghanistan hat gewählt – “Afghanistan ist [noch] keine Demokratie”

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Domradio (Cologne), 7 Apil 2014 Transcript (in German language) of a live interview of the German camous radio with AAN's Thomas Ruttig about the first impressions of the Afghan E-Day

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Kommentar Wahl in Afghanistan: Verlierer sind die Taliban

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Tageszeitung (Berlin), 7 April 2014 Op-ed commentary by AAN's Thomas Ruttig, saying that although the winner of the Afghan presidential election is not known yet, the losers are clear: the Taliban who were unable to make true on their threat to start spectacular actions to disrupt the elections. The election was one of defiance, mainly […]

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Who wants to become Afghanistan’s next president, anyway?

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Stars and Stripes, 4 April 2014 AAN's Kate Clark comments on the first democratic transfer of power in Afghanistan’s history: “It’s hugely important,” said Kate Clark analyst with the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network. “Hopefully it will institutionalize the idea that you have political change without assassination, revolution or war.” …  “Fraud is inevitable,” Clark said. Afghans and […]

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Afghan election officials plead for patience as vote count begins

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Los Angeles Times, 6 April 2014 Commenting on early results and turnout of the Afghan elections, AAN's Martine van Bijlert is quoted as saying:  “It’s a little bit of a rural-urban divide, but it’s more about who controls the area and how free people feel. If the people couldn’t vote but they see the outcome as […]

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Taliban fail to disrupt Afghan elections, but future still uncertain

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Stars and Stripes, 6 April 2014 Martine van Bijlert, co-director of the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network, cautioned against drawing conclusions too early about the effect of the elections on the insurgent group. For starters, she said, it’s unclear if their efforts to disrupt the election were thwarted or if they simply pulled back, waiting for […]

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Leadership in Karzai’s shadow: Afghanistan’s next president to win vote, not total control

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Washington Times, 6 April 2014 This article has a small quote from AAN's Thomas Ruttig pointing out that not everything that did not go well in Afghanistan can be blamed on President Karzai and about Afghan reactions to the US-Afghan spat about the BSA: “Many Afghans were tired of the high-handedness of the West in […]

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