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Past Crimes Haunt Afghan Progress

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IPS, 16 March 2014 In the run-up to Afghanistan's presidential elections, "civil society activists in Bamiyan … seem particularly interested in what the presidential candidates have to say about 'transitional justice.'" writes the news agency. The article quotes Sari Kouvo's 2012 AAN dispatch saying that "the favoured strategy of both the Afghan government and the international community […]

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Amnesty Urges Afghan Council to Demand Accountability for US War Crimes

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AntiWar (blog), 20 November 2013 In a report about amnesty international urging the firthcoming Loya Jirga to demand accountability for US war crimes in Afghanistan, also an AA dispatch about the anti-BSA “counter jirga” is quoted.

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Why the Status of Forces Agreement Is So Important for Afghanistan

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Antiwar (blog), 14 November 2013 The blog with the self-explanatory name writes, pointing to and linking with Kate Clark’s dispatch about ‘the problem of US soldiers’ immunity’: The Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) meticulously documents numerous cases in which U.S. forces have been credibly accused of war crimes or abuses and do not face punishment [and] […]

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The Afghan Dead Find a List

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IPS, 19 October 2013 AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted twice in Giuliano Battiston’s article about the Khalqi arrest/death lists and Dostum’s apology about his involvement in civil war crimes: “As Kate Clark, a member of the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network, pointed out, the 4,875 names listed are ‘only a fraction of the total number who were […]

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