12 August 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 4th quarter 2020)
Afghanistan, fourth quarter 2020: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) (Map or infographic, English)
- Afghanistan, fourth quarter 2020: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
- = Afghanistan, fourth quarter 2020, updated edition: Update on incidents
according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) =
AFGHANISTAN, FOURTH QUARTER 2020, UPDATED EDITION: Update on incidents
according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) compiled
by ACCORD, 12 August 2021
National borders: GADM, 6 May 2018b; administrative divisions: GADM, 6 May […] Please see ACLED’s additional methodological papers for Afghanistan: ACLED,
16 December 2019a, ACLED, 19 December 2019b
This edition replaces theversion previouslypublished for the same reporting
period, as ACLED has updated their data on Afghanistan for 2020.
Geographic map data is primarily based on GADM, complemented with other
sources if necessary. […] : Conflict in Afgh-
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the Taliban: New Data on Afghanistan, 19 December 2019b
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taliban-new-data-on-afghanistan/
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Afghanistan
Update on conflict-related incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (covering 2020) (replaces ID 2050716)
Afghanistan, year 2020: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) (Map or infographic, English)
- Afghanistan, year 2020: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
- = Afghanistan, year 2020, updated edition: Update on incidents according to
the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) =
AFGHANISTAN, YEAR 2020, UPDATED EDITION: Update on incidents according to the
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) compiled by ACCORD, 12
August 2021
National borders: GADM, 6 May 2018b; administrative divisions: GADM, 6 May
2018a; Kashmir border […] Please see ACLED’s additional methodological papers for Afghanistan: ACLED,
16 December 2019a, ACLED, 19 December 2019b
This edition replaces theversion previouslypublished for the same reporting
period, as ACLED has updated their data on Afghanistan for 2020.
Geographic map data is primarily based on GADM, complemented with other
sources if necessary. […] ) COMPILED BYACCORD, 12
AUGUST 2021
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anistan, 16 December 2019a https://www.acleddata.com/download/13399/
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the Taliban: New Data on Afghanistan, 19 December 2019b
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taliban-new-data-on-afghanistan […] Cite as
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Documentation: Afghanistan, year 2020, updated edition: Update on incid- ents
according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), 12
August 2021
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https://www.ecoi.net
6 July 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan
Brief compilation on the security situation in Afghanistan
ecoi.net featured topic on Afghanistan: Overview of security in Afghanistan (Periodical Report, English)
- ecoi.net featured topic on Afghanistan: Overview of security in Afghanistan
- Brief compilation on the security situation in Afghanistan
- Kurze Zusammenstellung zur Sicherheitslage in Afghanistan
- Sources []
= Overview of security in Afghanistan =
== []1. […] The total
number of civilians killed or injured [160 killed and 243 injured] by ISIS
attacks in Afghanistan in 2020 is 403; while the total number of civilians
killed or injured by ISIS in Afghanistan in 2019 was 515. […] /2020/04/weakened-isil-sectarian-agenda-exacts-heavy-toll-afghanistan-200401060725810.html]
* Al Jazeera: Taliban seizes key districts in Afghanistan as gov’t forces
flee, 4 July 2021
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/4/taliban-seizes-key-districts-in-afghanistan-as-govt-forces-flee [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/4/taliban-seizes-key-districts-in-afghanistan-as-govt-forces-flee]
* AP […] Mission in Afghanistan: Afghanistan – Protection of
Civilians in armed Conflict; Midyear report: 1 January - 30 June 2020, July
2020 (available at ecoi.net)
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2034915/unama_poc_midyear_report_2020_-_27_july-revised_10_august.pdf []
* UNAMA – UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Author), OHCHR – UN Office of
the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Author): Afghanistan […] [ii []] The Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan
Reconstruction (SIGAR) is a US government body that provides oversight on
reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan.
6 July 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan
Brief compilation on the security situation in Afghanistan
ecoi.net-Themendossier zu Afghanistan: Überblick über die Sicherheitslage in Afghanistan (Periodical Report, German)
- ecoi.net-Themendossier zu Afghanistan: Überblick über die Sicherheitslage in Afghanistan
- Brief compilation on the security situation in Afghanistan
- Kurze Zusammenstellung zur Sicherheitslage in Afghanistan
- April 2020
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/weakened-isil-sectarian-agenda-exacts-heavy-toll-afghanistan-200401060725810.html [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/weakened-isil-sectarian-agenda-exacts-heavy-toll-afghanistan-200401060725810.html]
* Al Jazeera: Taliban seizes key districts in Afghanistan as gov’t forces
flee, 4. […] August 2020
https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-halts-taliban-prisoner-release-stalls-peace-talks/a-54602409 [https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-halts-taliban-prisoner-release-stalls-peace-talks/a-54602409]
* FDDs Long War Journal – Foundation for Defense of Democracies Long War
Journal: Mapping Taliban Control in Afghanistan, ohne Datum, Zugriff am 28.
März 2020 bzw. am 5. […] Juli 2021
https://www.longwarjournal.org/mapping-taliban-control-in-afghanistan [https://www.longwarjournal.org/mapping-taliban-control-in-afghanistan]
* ICG – International Crisis Group: Are the Taliban Serious about Peace
Negotiations?, 30. […] [ii []] Das Amt des Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
(SIGAR) ist eine US-Behörde, die sich mit der Aufsicht über den Wiederaufbau in
Afghanistan befasst. […] [xx []] Thomas Ruttig ist Analyst beim Afghanistan Analyst Network (AAN),
einer unabhängigen gemeinnützigen Forschungsorganisation mit Hauptsitz in
Kabul, die Analysen zu politischen Themen in Afghanistan und der umliegenden
Region erstellt.
28 May 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan
Query response on Afghanistan: Information on applying for a tazkira from abroad
Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan: Informationen zur Beantragung einer Tazkira aus dem Ausland („absentee tazkera“); Informationen zur Beantragung einer Tazkira aus dem Ausland für erwachsene, im Iran geborene Personen afghanischer Abstammung [a-11570-1] (Response, German)
- Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan: Informationen zur Beantragung einer Tazkira aus dem Ausland („absentee tazkera“); Informationen zur Beantragung einer Tazkira aus dem Ausland für erwachsene, im Iran geborene Personen afghanischer Abstammung [a-11570-1]
- Query response on Afghanistan: Information on applying for a tazkira from abroad
- Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan: Informationen zur Beantragung einer Tazkira aus dem Ausland
- Mai 2019
https://www.frsh.de/fileadmin/pdf/Aktuelles/AFG-Passbeschaffung_20190521.pdf [https://www.frsh.de/fileadmin/pdf/Aktuelles/AFG-Passbeschaffung_20190521.pdf]
· Landinfo – Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre: Afghanistan:
Tazkera, passports and other ID documents, 22. […] Mai 2019
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2024733/Afghanistan-Tazkera-passports-and-other-ID-documents-22052019-final.pdf []
· Law on Registration of Population Records [Afghanistan], 2014
https://www.refworld.org/docid/544a4c434.html [https://www.refworld.org/docid/544a4c434.html]
· Mitarbeiter des Konsulats der afghanischen Botschaft in Wien, telefonische
Auskunft, 11. […] The original Identification Form and documents will be put in an envelope
which should be sent by the applicant to their assigned representative in
Afghanistan. The Consular Section of the Embassy will attach the copies of all
documents to a letter and send them officially to the Central Civil
Registration Authority in Afghanistan. […] Mai 2019
https://www.frsh.de/fileadmin/pdf/Aktuelles/AFG-Passbeschaffung_20190521.pdf [https://www.frsh.de/fileadmin/pdf/Aktuelles/AFG-Passbeschaffung_20190521.pdf]
„Ein weiterer Weg ist zudem, mittels einer Kopie der Tazkira eines Verwandten
väterlicherseits! die Tazkira an der Botschaft zu beantragen. […] · Landinfo – Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre: Afghanistan:
Tazkera, passports and other ID documents, 22. Mai 2019
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2024733/Afghanistan-Tazkera-passports-and-other-ID-documents-22052019-final.pdf []
„With reference to the Law on Registration of Population Records (2014,
article 9 (2)) it is a requirement for all Afghans to have a tazkera.
28 May 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan
Query response on Afghanistan: Information on renouncing Afghan citizenship
Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan: Informationen zur Zurücklegung der afghanischen Staatsbürgerschaft; erforderliche Dokumente [a-11570-2] (Response, German)
- Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan: Informationen zur Zurücklegung der afghanischen Staatsbürgerschaft; erforderliche Dokumente [a-11570-2]
- Query response on Afghanistan: Information on renouncing Afghan citizenship
- Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan: Informationen zur Zurücklegung der afghanischen Staatsbürgerschaft
- Global Citizenship
Observatory (GLOBALCIT) veröffentlichte im März 2017 gemeinsam mit dem Robert
Schuman Center für weiterführende Studien (Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced
Studies, RSCAS) einen Bericht zum Staatsbürgerschaftsrecht in Afghanistan. Laut
dem Bericht würden Staatsangehörigkeitsangelegenheiten von dem im Jahr 2000
erlassenen Gesetz des Islamischen Emirats Afghanistan geregelt. […] .pdf]
· Law on Citizenship of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, 24. […] [http://www.econsulate.gov.af/en/refugees/renunciation-process-of-afghan-citizenship.html]
· Staatsbürgerschaftsgesetz des Islamischen Emirates Afghanistan, Sprache:
Dari, 24. […] of
the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. […] (Law on Citizenship of the
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, 24. Juni 2000, S. 6)
Das Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) ist das afghanische Außenministerium.
25 May 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan
Query response on Afghanistan: Violence against children, access to education in the context of the Covid-19-pandemic
Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan: Gewalt gegen Kinder und etwaige Veränderungen durch die Covid-19-Pandemie; Zugang zu Bildungseinrichtungen im Zusammenhang mit Pandemie, insb. in Kabul und Mazar-e-Sharif [a-11573] (Response, German)
- Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan: Gewalt gegen Kinder und etwaige Veränderungen durch die Covid-19-Pandemie; Zugang zu Bildungseinrichtungen im Zusammenhang mit Pandemie, insb. in Kabul und Mazar-e-Sharif [a-11573]
- Query response on Afghanistan: Violence against children, access to education in the context of the Covid-19-pandemic
- Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan: Gewalt gegen Kinder und Zugang zu Bildung im Kontext der Covid-19-Pandemie
- Mai 2021)
[] [] [] [] []· AAN - Afghanistan Analysts Network: Afghanistan Covid-19 in
Afghanistan (7): The effects of the pandemic on the private lives and safety of
women at home (Autorin: Khadija Hossaini), 1. […] /]
· AIHRC – Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission: Impact of Covid-19
on the Human Rights Situation of Children in Afghanistan, 21. […] Oktober 2020
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/10/14/gender-alert-covid-19-afghanistan [https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/10/14/gender-alert-covid-19-afghanistan]
· USDOS – US Department of State: 2020 Country Report on Human Rights
Practices: Afghanistan, 30. […] · AAN - Afghanistan Analysts Network: Afghanistan Covid-19 in Afghanistan
(7): The effects of the pandemic on the private lives and safety of women at
home (Autorin: Khadija Hossaini), 1. […] · UN Women / UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund / HRW – Human Rights
Watch: Gender Alert on Covid-19 Afghanistan, 14. Oktober 2020
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/10/14/gender-alert-covid-19-afghanistan [https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/10/14/gender-alert-covid-19-afghanistan]
„School in Afghanistan is not free, even though government primary and
secondary schools do not charge fees.
18 May 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan
Query response on Afghanistan: Identity documents and documents to prove maternity
Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan: Identitätsnachweise und Dokumente zum Nachweis der Mutterschaft: Tazkira, Heiratsurkunde, Geburtsurkunde [a-11555] (Response, German)
- Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan: Identitätsnachweise und Dokumente zum Nachweis der Mutterschaft: Tazkira, Heiratsurkunde, Geburtsurkunde [a-11555]
- Query response on Afghanistan: Identity documents and documents to prove maternity
- Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan: Identitätsnachweise und Dokumente zum Nachweis der Mutterschaft
- Mai 2019
https://www.frsh.de/fileadmin/pdf/Aktuelles/AFG-Passbeschaffung_20190521.pdf [https://www.frsh.de/fileadmin/pdf/Aktuelles/AFG-Passbeschaffung_20190521.pdf]
· Landinfo – Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre: Afghanistan:
Tazkera, passports and other ID documents, 22. […] Mai 2019
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2024733/Afghanistan-Tazkera-passports-and-other-ID-documents-22052019-final.pdf []
· Migrationsverket, Migrationsanalys. Migrationsverkets funktion för land-
och omvärldsanalys, Landinformation: Afghanistan - Medborgarskap, folkbokföring
och identitetshandlingar (version 2.1), 22. September 2020
https://lifos.migrationsverket.se/dokument? […] · DFAT – Australian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade:
DFAT Country Information Report Afghanistan, 27. […] Mai 2019
https://www.frsh.de/fileadmin/pdf/Aktuelles/AFG-Passbeschaffung_20190521.pdf [https://www.frsh.de/fileadmin/pdf/Aktuelles/AFG-Passbeschaffung_20190521.pdf]
„Nach telefonischer Rücksprache mit dem LfA wurde mir erläutert, welche
Bedingungen die Zeugen erfüllen müssen. […] Dabei sei es
unerheblich, ob der/die Verwandte sich derzeit in Afghanistan oder Deutschland
aufhält.“ (FRSH, 21. Mai 2019, S. 2)
· Landinfo – Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre: Afghanistan:
Tazkera, passports and other ID documents, 22.
6 May 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan
Brief compilation on the security situation in Afghanistan
ecoi.net featured topic on Afghanistan: Overview of security in Afghanistan (Periodical Report, English)
- ecoi.net featured topic on Afghanistan: Overview of security in Afghanistan
- Brief compilation on the security situation in Afghanistan
- Kurze Zusammenstellung zur Sicherheitslage in Afghanistan
- Sources []
= Overview of security in Afghanistan =
== []1. […] The total
number of civilians killed or injured [160 killed and 243 injured] by ISIS
attacks in Afghanistan in 2020 is 403; while the total number of civilians
killed or injured by ISIS in Afghanistan in 2019 was 515. […] (UN Security Council, 30 May 2018, p. 5 []
)
“Since the post-2014 U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan], there is little sign that the
Taliban’s firepower has waned, or that the group is suffering from battle
fatigue. Through persistent violence, the Taliban formations have proven they
are still a major force in Afghanistan. […] Mission in Afghanistan: Afghanistan – Protection of
Civilians in armed Conflict; Midyear report: 1 January - 30 June 2020, July
2020 (available at ecoi.net)
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2034915/unama_poc_midyear_report_2020_-_27_july-revised_10_august.pdf []
* UNAMA – UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Author), OHCHR – UN Office of
the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Author): Afghanistan […] [ii []] The Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan
Reconstruction (SIGAR) is a US government body that provides oversight on
reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan.
6 May 2021 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan
Brief compilation on the security situation in Afghanistan
ecoi.net-Themendossier zu Afghanistan: Überblick über die Sicherheitslage in Afghanistan (Periodical Report, German)
- ecoi.net-Themendossier zu Afghanistan: Überblick über die Sicherheitslage in Afghanistan
- Brief compilation on the security situation in Afghanistan
- Kurze Zusammenstellung zur Sicherheitslage in Afghanistan
- August 2020
https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-halts-taliban-prisoner-release-stalls-peace-talks/a-54602409 [https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-halts-taliban-prisoner-release-stalls-peace-talks/a-54602409]
* FDDs Long War Journal – Foundation for Defense of Democracies Long War
Journal: Mapping Taliban Control in Afghanistan, ohne Datum, vermutlich
September 2019
https://www.longwarjournal.org/mapping-taliban-control-in-afghanistan […] Mission in Afghanistan: Afghanistan Protection of
civilians in armed conflict; Third Quarter Report: 1 January - 30 September
2020, Oktober 2020 (verfügbar auf ecoi.net)
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2039870/unama_protection_of_civilians_in_armed_conflict_-_3rd_quarter_report_2020.pdf []
* UNAMA – UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Author), OHCHR – UN Office of
the High Commissioner for […] Human Rights (Author): Afghanistan; Protection of
Civilians in Armed Conflict; Annual Report 2020, Februar 2021 (verfügbar auf
ecoi.net)
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2046014/afghanistan_protection_of_civilians_report_2020.pdf []
* UNAMA – UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan: Afghanistan Protection of
civilians in armed conflict; First Quarter update: 1 January - 31 March 2021,
April 2021 […] [ii []] Das Amt des Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
(SIGAR) ist eine US-Behörde, die sich mit der Aufsicht über den Wiederaufbau in
Afghanistan befasst. […] [vi []] Das Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) ist eine unabhängige,
gemeinnützige Forschungsorganisation mit Hauptsitz in Kabul.
[vii []] Die Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) ist eine
nationale Menschenrechtsorganisation in Afghanistan, die sich der Verbreitung,
Wahrung und Kontrolle von Menschenrechten und der Untersuchung von
Menschenrechtsverletzungen widmet.