16 December 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan
Brief compilation on recent developments and key actors in Afghanistan
ecoi.net featured topic on Afghanistan: Overview of recent developments and key players in Afghanistan (Periodical Report, English)
- ecoi.net featured topic on Afghanistan: Overview of recent developments and key players in Afghanistan
- Brief compilation on recent developments and key actors in Afghanistan
- Kurze Zusammenstellung zu aktuellen Entwicklungen und zentralen Akteur·innen in Afghanistan
- Sources []
= Overview of recent developments and key players in Afghanistan =
== []1. Developments in 2021 ==
Information on recent humanitarian developments in Afghanistan can be found
in a December 2021 ACCORD query response. […] (JF, 6
April 2018 [])[xxvi] []
“At present, ISIL strongholds in Afghanistan are in the eastern provinces of
Nangarhar, Kunar, Nuristan and Laghman. The total strength of ISIL in
Afghanistan is estimated at between 2,500 and 4,000 militants. ISIL is also
reported to control some training camps in Afghanistan, and to have created a
network of cells in various Afghan cities, including Kabul. […] Taliban officials reject those claims and say
leaders of the so-called resistance have long left Afghanistan.” […] +Update+8.pdf []
* UNHCR – UN High Commissioner for Refugees: Flash External Update:
Afghanistan Situation #10; As of 15 November 2021 (two-week coverage period),
15 November 2021 (available at ecoi.net)
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2064265/2021.11.15+EXTERNAL+AFG+Situation+Emergency+Update.pdf []
* UNHCR – UN High Commissioner for Refugees: UNHCR urges Tajikistan to halt
returns of Afghans […] [xvi] [] The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) is a
national human rights organisation in Afghanistan, dedicated to promoting,
protecting and monitoring human rights and the investigation of human rights
abuses.
16 December 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan
Brief compilation on recent developments and key actors in Afghanistan
ecoi.net-Themendossier zu Afghanistan: Überblick über aktuelle Entwicklungen und zentrale Akteure in Afghanistan (Periodical Report, German)
- ecoi.net-Themendossier zu Afghanistan: Überblick über aktuelle Entwicklungen und zentrale Akteure in Afghanistan
- Brief compilation on recent developments and key actors in Afghanistan
- Kurze Zusammenstellung zu aktuellen Entwicklungen und zentralen Akteur·innen in Afghanistan
- Dezember 2021, wenn nicht anders angegeben)
* AAN – Afghanistan Analysts Network: Preparing for a Post-Departure
Afghanistan: Changing political dynamics in the wake of the US troop withdrawal
announcement, 10. […] Oktober 2021
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-interview/20211005-taliban-not-victorious-in-afghanistan-s-panjshir-region-parallel-govt-official-says [https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-interview/20211005-taliban-not-victorious-in-afghanistan-s-panjshir-region-parallel-govt-official-says]
* HRW – Human Rights Watch: Afghanistan: Advancing Taliban Execute Detainees,
3. […] Afghanistan: Afghanistan; Protection of
civilians in armed conflict; Midyear report: 1 January—30 June 2021, Juli 2021
(verfügbar auf ecoi.net)
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2056652/unama_poc_midyear_report_2021_26_july.pdf []
* UNGA - UN General Assembly: The situation in Afghanistan and its
implications for international peace and security; Report of the
Secretary-General [A/75/926–S/ […] November 2021 (verfügbar auf ecoi.net)
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2063280/UNHCR+Iran+-+Afghanistan+Situation+Update+9.pdf []
* UNHCR – UN High Commissioner for Refugees: Afghanistan situation: Emergency
preparedness and response in Iran, 26. […] November 2021 (verfügbar auf ecoi.net)
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2064265/2021.11.15+EXTERNAL+AFG+Situation+Emergency+Update.pdf []
* UNHCR – UN High Commissioner for Refugees: UNHCR urges Tajikistan to halt
returns of Afghans at risk, 19.
14 December 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Iran
Query response on Iran: Security situation
Query response on Iran: Security situation [a-11755-1] (Response, English)
- An April 2020 country report by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs
and Trade (DFAT) notes that “security forces exert tight and effective control
over most of Iran’s territory, with the exception of some border areas”,
including areas bordering Afghanistan/Pakistan and Iraq ( []DFAT, 14 April
2020, p. 21). […] The situation in the border areas in the country’s west
(Kurdistan, Kermanshah, West Azerbaijan and Khuzestan) and east (Sistan and
Baluchistan) was described in a February 2021 Dutch Foreign Ministry report as
being “unstable” ( []BZ, February 2021, p. 16)
Southern Iran (including Sistan and Baluchistan)
Sistan and Baluchistan, a province that borders Pakistan and Afghanistan and
is mainly inhabited […] There were no apparent casualties,
but reports claimed that several Iranian outposts were temporarily seized,
although this was denied by an IRGC-linked news outlet:
“Clashes erupted between Iranian soldiers and Taliban forces near the
Afghanistan-Iran border, but appear to have led to no casualties and was later
described as a ‘misunderstanding‘. […] Tasnim, which has links with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
(IRGC), said there are walled areas on Iranian soil near the border with
Afghanistan in order to combat smuggling. Some Iranian farmers passed the walls
but were still inside Iran’s border when Taliban forces opened fire, thinking
its side had been violated, the report said. [...]
14 December 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Iran
Query response on Iran: Information on the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)
Query response on Iran: Information on the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) [a-11755-2] (Response, English)
- The
Basij was a major tool in Ayatollah Khamenei’s domestic political repertoire in
the second decade after the 1979 revolution—namely, the control of pragmatists
(embodied in the Kargozaran Party) and reformists (eslahtalaban).“ (WINEP, June
2020, pp. 2-3)
As Golkar goes on to say in the same report, the post-9/11 US invasions in
Afghanistan and Iraq led to the adoption of a new military doctrine […] This “territorial defence doctrine” comprised a “layered and flat defense”
strategy based on four layers of territorial defence, with a specific IRGC unit
or the Artesh assigned to each layer:
“The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2005, following the
9/11 terrorist attacks, changed the Islamic Republic’s threat perceptions and
‘accelerated the pace of Iranian military change at
6 December 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan
Query response on Afghanistan: Humanitarian situation
Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan: Humanitäre Lage [a-11758] (Response, German)
- Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan: Humanitäre Lage [a-11758]
- Query response on Afghanistan: Humanitarian situation
- Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan: Humanitäre Lage
- /en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2021/Afghanistan-banking-system.html [https://www.af.undp.org/content/afghanistan/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2021/Afghanistan-banking-system.html]
https://www.af.undp.org/content/afghanistan/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2021/Afghanistan-banking-system.html [https://www.af.undp.org/content/afghanistan/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2021/Afghanistan-banking-system.html […] [https://www.vox.com/22650188/taliban-climate-change-drought-flood-afghanistan]
• WFP – World Food Programme: WFP Afghanistan: Afghanistan Food Security
Update #2,
22. […] ‘The main problem in Afghanistan is not hunger. […] November
2021)
• HRW – Human Rights Watch: Afghanistan: Afghanistan Facing Famine, 11. […] https://www.af.undp.org/content/afghanistan/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2021/Afghanistan-banking-system.html [https://www.af.undp.org/content/afghanistan/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2021/Afghanistan-banking-system.html]
https://www.af.undp.org/content/afghanistan/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2021/Afghanistan-banking-system.html [https://www.af.undp.org/content/afghanistan/en/home/
26 November 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan, Pakistan
Query response on Afghanistan and Pakistan: Validity of marriages performed in the Afghan consulate in Peshawar
Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan/Pakistan: Gültigkeit von am afghanischen Konsulat in Peschawar (Pakistan) zwischen afghanischen Staatsangehörigen geschlossenen Ehen in Afghanistan und Pakistan [a‑11761] (Response, German)
- Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan/Pakistan: Gültigkeit von am afghanischen Konsulat in Peschawar (Pakistan) zwischen afghanischen Staatsangehörigen geschlossenen Ehen in Afghanistan und Pakistan [a‑11761]
- Query response on Afghanistan and Pakistan: Validity of marriages performed in the Afghan consulate in Peshawar
- Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan und Pakistan: Gültigkeit von am afghanischen Konsulat in Peschawar geschlossenen Ehen in Afghanistan und Pakistan
- Untenstehend finden sie Informationen zur Gültigkeit von an
ausländischen Vertretungsbehörden geschlossenen Ehen in Afghanistan. […] []Nachweis der Ehe in Afghanistan
Das Bürgerliche Gesetzbuch der Republik Afghanistan sieht vor, dass alle
afghanischen Ehen behördlich registriert würden (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch der
Republik Afghanistan, 1977, Art. 46, 48, 61 (1)).
Viele Afghan·innen, die nach Pakistan emigriert sind, hätten dort geheiratet,
ohne ihre Ehe von den dortigen Behörden registrieren zu lassen (Landinfo, 19. […] -10052019.pdf []
* Landinfo – Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre: Afghanistan:
Marriage Report Afghanistan, 19.Mai 2011
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/1069464/1226_1337002361_1852-1.pdf []
* MPI – Max Planck Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht:
Max Planck Manual on Family Law in Afghanistan, Juli 2012
https://www.mpipriv.de/1187062/max_planck_manual_on_afghan_family_law_english.pdf […] Thewasiqa is valid for use in
relation to legal and administrative matters within Afghanistan only.“ (DFAT,
27. […] (MPI, Juli 2012, S. 51)
„Current reports and surveys with regard to the marriage registration in
Afghanistan indicate that in most parts of the country marriages are neither
certified nor registered. According to interviews, only 5% of all marriages in
Afghanistan have been registered.
19 November 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

Afghanistan
Update on conflict-related incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (covering 2nd quarter 2021)
Afghanistan, 2. Quartal 2021: Kurzübersicht über Vorfälle aus dem Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) (Map or infographic, German)
- Afghanistan, 2. Quartal 2021: Kurzübersicht über Vorfälle aus dem Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
- = Afghanistan, 2. Quartal 2021: Kurzübersicht über Vorfälle aus dem Armed
Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) =
AFGHANISTAN, 2. QUARTAL 2021: Kurzübersicht über Vorfälle aus dem Armed
Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) zusammengestellt von ACCORD, 19.
November 2021
Staatsgrenzen: GADM, 6. Mai 2018b; Verwaltungsgliederung: GADM, 6. […] Mai 2015
Anzahl der berichteten Todesopfer Anzahl der berichtetenVorfälle mit
mindestens einem Todesopfer
AFGHANISTAN, 2. QUARTAL 2021: KURZÜBERSICHT ÜBER VORFÄLLE AUS DEMARMED
CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) ZUSAMMENGESTELLTVONACCORD, 19. […] Dezember 2019a https://www.acleddata.com/download/13399/
• ACLED –Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: TheWorld according to
the Taliban: New Data on Afghanistan, 19. […] / [https://www.acleddata.com/2019/12/19/the-world-according-to-the-taliban-new-data-on-afghanistan/]
https://www.acleddata.com/2019/12/19/the-world-according-to-the-taliban-new-data-on-afghanistan/ [https://www.acleddata.com/2019/12/19/the-world-according-to-the-taliban-new-data-on-afghanistan/]
https://www.acleddata.com/download/18750/ [https://www.acleddata.com/download/18750/]
https://www.ecoi.net […] Zitieren als
• ACCORD –Austrian Centre for Country ofOrigin &Asylum Research and Do-
cumentation: Afghanistan, 2. Quartal 2021: Kurzübersicht über Vorfälle aus dem
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), 19.
19 November 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

Afghanistan
Update on conflict-related incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (covering 2nd quarter 2021)
Afghanistan, second quarter 2021: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) (Map or infographic, English)
- Afghanistan, second quarter 2021: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
- = Afghanistan, second quarter 2021: Update on incidents according to the Armed
Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) =
AFGHANISTAN, SECOND QUARTER 2021: Update on incidents according to the Armed
Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) compiled by ACCORD, 19 November
2021
National borders: GADM, 6 May 2018b; administrative divisions: GADM, 6 May
2018a; Kashmir border status: […] The following
locations were among the affected: Barg-e Matal, Du Ab, Mandol, Nurgaram, Parun.
6
AFGHANISTAN, SECOND QUARTER 2021: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED
CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BYACCORD, 19 NOVEMBER
2021
In Paktika, 88 incidents killing 252 people were reported. […] December 2019a https://www.acleddata.com/download/13399/
• ACLED –Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: TheWorld according to
the Taliban: New Data on Afghanistan, 19 December 2019b
https://www.acleddata.com/2019/12/19/the-world-according-to-the-
taliban-new-data-on-afghanistan/
• ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: Central Asia & the
Caucasus (12 November 2021), 12 […] Cite as
• ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin & Asylum Research and
Documentation: Afghanistan, second quarter 2021: Update on incidents according
to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), 19 November 2021
8
https://www.acleddata.com/download/13399/ [https://www.acleddata.com/download/13399/]
https://www.acleddata.com/2019/12/19/the-world-according-to-the-taliban-new-data-on-afghanistan […] / [https://www.acleddata.com/2019/12/19/the-world-according-to-the-taliban-new-data-on-afghanistan/]
https://www.acleddata.com/2019/12/19/the-world-according-to-the-taliban-new-data-on-afghanistan/ [https://www.acleddata.com/2019/12/19/the-world-according-to-the-taliban-new-data-on-afghanistan/]
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https://www.ecoi.net
15 November 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan
Brief compilation on recent developments and key actors in Afghanistan
ecoi.net featured topic on Afghanistan: Overview of recent developments and key players in Afghanistan (Periodical Report, English)
- ecoi.net featured topic on Afghanistan: Overview of recent developments and key players in Afghanistan
- Brief compilation on recent developments and key actors in Afghanistan
- Kurze Zusammenstellung zu aktuellen Entwicklungen und zentralen Akteur·innen in Afghanistan
- (JF, 6
April 2018 [])[xxiii] []
“At present, ISIL strongholds in Afghanistan are in the eastern provinces of
Nangarhar, Kunar, Nuristan and Laghman. The total strength of ISIL in
Afghanistan is estimated at between 2,500 and 4,000 militants. ISIL is also
reported to control some training camps in Afghanistan, and to have created a
network of cells in various Afghan cities, including Kabul. […] Taliban officials reject those claims and say
leaders of the so-called resistance have long left Afghanistan.” […] Sources ==
(All links accessed 15 November 2021, except if otherwise noted)
* AAN – Afghanistan Analysts Network: Preparing for a Post-Departure
Afghanistan: Changing political dynamics in the wake of the US troop withdrawal
announcement, 10 June 2021 (available at ecoi.net)
https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/2053156.html []
* AAN – Afghanistan Analysts Network: The Taleban leadership converges […] Mission in Afghanistan: Afghanistan; Protection of
civilians in armed conflict; Midyear report: 1 January—30 June 2021, July 2021
(available at ecoi.net)
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2056652/unama_poc_midyear_report_2021_26_july.pdf []
* UNGA - UN General Assembly: The situation in Afghanistan and its
implications for international peace and security; Report of the
Secretary-General [A […] [xv] [] The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) is a
national human rights organisation in Afghanistan, dedicated to promoting,
protecting and monitoring human rights and the investigation of human rights
abuses.
15 November 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan
Brief compilation on recent developments and key actors in Afghanistan
ecoi.net-Themendossier zu Afghanistan: Überblick über aktuelle Entwicklungen und zentrale Akteure in Afghanistan (Periodical Report, German)
- ecoi.net-Themendossier zu Afghanistan: Überblick über aktuelle Entwicklungen und zentrale Akteure in Afghanistan
- Brief compilation on recent developments and key actors in Afghanistan
- Kurze Zusammenstellung zu aktuellen Entwicklungen und zentralen Akteur·innen in Afghanistan
- November 2021, wenn nicht anders angegeben)
* AAN – Afghanistan Analysts Network: Preparing for a Post-Departure
Afghanistan: Changing political dynamics in the wake of the US troop withdrawal
announcement, 10. […] Oktober 2021
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-interview/20211005-taliban-not-victorious-in-afghanistan-s-panjshir-region-parallel-govt-official-says [https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-interview/20211005-taliban-not-victorious-in-afghanistan-s-panjshir-region-parallel-govt-official-says]
* HRW – Human Rights Watch: Afghanistan: Advancing Taliban Execute Detainees,
3. […] September 2021 (verfügbar auf ecoi.net)
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2060176/Landinfo-temanotat-Afghanistan-Talibans-maktovertakelse-02092021.pdf []
* OHCHR – UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: Press briefing
notes on Afghanistan, 10. […] Afghanistan: Afghanistan; Protection of
civilians in armed conflict; Midyear report: 1 January—30 June 2021, Juli 2021
(verfügbar auf ecoi.net)
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2056652/unama_poc_midyear_report_2021_26_july.pdf []
* UNGA - UN General Assembly: The situation in Afghanistan and its
implications for international peace and security; Report of the
Secretary-General [A/75/926–S/ […] November 2021 (verfügbar auf ecoi.net)
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2063280/UNHCR+Iran+-+Afghanistan+Situation+Update+9.pdf []
* UNHCR – UN High Commissioner for Refugees: Afghanistan situation: Emergency
preparedness and response in Iran, 26.