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:
What Next for the AIHRC (2): Civil Society Responses
When three of the nine members of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) were removed by President ... read more »
Talking and Killing in Early 2012
A series of suicide attacks have left dozens of people killed and injured in the last few days in southern Afghanistan. ... read more »
A Katanga Scenario for Afghanistan? (amended)
When former Northern Alliance leaders met with a group of influential US congressmen and businessmen in Berlin in early ... read more »
Striking at Kabul, now and then
The start of a new year is always an opportunity for reflection. 2011 was not the first and will probably not be the las... read more »
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New publications:
The Battle for Schools: The Taleban and State Education
This new AAN report by authors Antonio Giustozzi and Claudio Franco looks at the Taleban’s changing attitude towards sta... read more »
The International Community's Engagement in Afghanistan beyond 2014
This new discussion paper by the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) discusses the challenges for transition and the cost... read more »