The Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)
The Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) is a non-profit, independent policy research organisation. It aims to bring together the knowledge, experience and drive of a large number of experts to better inform policy and to increase the understanding of Afghan realities. It is driven by engagement and curiosity and is committed to producing independent, high quality and research-based analysis on developments in Afghanistan. read more »
Recent blogs:
Campaign trail (3): the candidates and their strategies
While half of the world is on holiday and the other half is going through the wiki-leaked documents or is wondering how ... read more »
Wikileaks, Strategic Communications and (Im-)Plausible Denials
Wikileaks, with its publication of some 75,000 classified US military documents on the war in Afghanistan on Sunday, has... read more »
Kabul Conference (4): Don't Mention the War
The Kabul Conference has ended, the foreign ministers have left, the roads have reopened for traffic. Most Afghans seem ... read more »
Kabul Conference (3): More plans and programs, but what has happened to the earlier ones?
There are mixed feelings among Afghans on the eve of Kabul International Conference. Many people who are involved in con... read more »
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New publications:
How Tribal Are the Taleban? Afghanistan’s Largest Insurgent Movement between its Tribal Roots and Islamist Ideology
The Taleban in Afghanistan should be treated as a primarily political movement with political aims, and not as a tribal ... read more »
The Northern Front: The Afghan Insurgency Spreading beyond the Pashtuns
One of the key developments in Afghanistan during the last year is the expansion of insurgent activity in the northern r... read more »