| Welcome to ANSO | By NGO, For NGO | The Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO) is an independent, non-profit project providing free analysis and advice to humanitarians since 2002.
We support the operations of more than 250 organisations, both local and international, by providing them with high quality, relevant and time critical information regarding the state of the conflict and the prevailing risks to the humanitarian sector.
ANSO is founded on the core humanitarian principles of independence, impartiality and neutrality and therefore seeks to present an entirely unbiased, data-driven perspective on the conflict that supports informed decision making.
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Please click here to request a registration form. | |  | |  | | LATEST QUARTERLY REPORT | | | Q4 2012 | | | Throughout 2012, both parties were faced with the risk of losing their own internal cohesion before being able to secure any military gains, but it unfortunately appears that political and diplomatic efforts on both sides will remain subordinate to military strategies as we head into the new year.
As such, the current positive de-escalation has not been meaningfully explored for fresh perspectives on possible solutions to the conflict, or to exploit eventual increases in trust and engagement between combatants.
Instead, we see the ongoing prioritisation of short-term military objectives - still predominantly driven by foreign forces - over long-term political solutions that would seek to advance the inevitable coexistence of the forces of the Islamic Emirate with those of the Islamic Republic. With time to agree on a cease-fire prior to the upcoming presidential election in 2014 running out as we speak, the real concern must be that as one conflict ends, it may well give way to yet another protracted, destructive and ultimately inconclusive, military campaign. | |  | |  | |
