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:
Days of the Living Dead
I have just returned home after three weeks in Afghanistan doing research in Kabul and Kandahar on a forthcoming report ... read more »
New troops too late for Badghis?
Inactive foreign troops and gross human rights violations with an ethnic bias have made the population of Badghis 'poor,... read more »
How ‘neo’ were the ‘Neo-Taleban’?
Since the Taleban’s quick resurgence after the fall of their regime in 2001, their insurgency often is described with th... read more »
Don't Call That Warlord a Warlord
In Afghanistan, some feel insulted when they are called a 'warlord'. Some rather call them, euphemistically, 'local powe... read more »
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New publications:
The AfPak Strategy: Reactions in Pakistan
Viewing Pakistan in a historical and geostrategic context, this paper by eminent Pakistan and India expert Karl Fischer ... read more »
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Pakistan in 2010
While the world is discussing strategies to exit Afghanistan, the crisis in neighbouring Pakistan is deepening. What the... read more »