Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Month: June 2017

Taliban territory: Life in Afghanistan under the militants

AAN •

BBC, 8 June 2017 A rare glimpse into Taleban controlled area in Helmand – Sangin and Musa Qala – “the Taliban’s de facto capital”: “We were not allowed to film anything to do with opium. The opium trade is synonymous with this region (…)  “Opium is our economic necessity, but we hate it as much as […]

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As violence sweeps Kabul, the rapid pace of deportations from Europe continues

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The Conversation, 6 June 2017 A must-read: First-hand experience from onboard a number of flights with forced and not-so-voluntary Afghan ‘returnees’ from Turkey by Liza Schuster. Here some quotes from the text: Thirty young men were deported to Kabul on June 6, on a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul. (…) As I spoke to the […]

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A Black Week in Kabul (2): Who are the most likely perpetrators?

Borhan Osman •

On 31 May and 3 June 2017, Kabul was the scene of a series of new terrorist bomb attacks that took a heavy toll on the civilian population. While no group has claimed the attacks, the Afghan government has pointed at the Haqqani network, which is part of the Taleban. All this leaves room for […]

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Foreign Delegations Meet in Afghan Capital After Bloody Week

Martine van Bijlert •

US New and World Reports, 6 June 2017 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the prospects of tangible results stemming from the Kabul Process conference that took place in Kabul today: But some analysts were skeptical that the Kabul Process meetings would lead to peace talks. “Signing mutual non-interference or anti-terror support agreements won’t change anything,” said […]

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Ashraf Ghani offers Taliban ‘last chance’ for peace

Thomas Ruttig •

Deutsche Welle, 6 June 2017 In this agency-based summary on the opening conference of the new regional peace initiative, the “Kabul Process”, in the Afghan capital, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted as saying: Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, was less optimistic. “Signing mutual non-interference or anti-terror support agreements won’t change anything,” he said, […]

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Minstens acht soldaten gedood bij gevechten in Noord-Afghanistan

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Het Laatste Nieuws, 5 June 2017 AAN’s Obaid Ali is quoted in the Durch news website’s report about new fighting in Kunduz province: Kunduz-expert van het Afghanistan Analysts Network, Obaid Ali, zei dat van de negen districten in de provincie er drie -Kalbad, Gurtapa en Aktash- compleet in handen van de taliban zijn. De districten […]

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Anschlag in Afghanistan: Spannungen in Kabul

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Zeit, 5 June 2017 The German weekly, in its summary and analysis of last week’s  terrorist attacks and protests in Kabul, quotes the “renowned research institute, the Afghanistan Analysts network”: Das renommierte Rechercheinstitut Afghanistan Analysts Network warnt in einer Analyse, dass die Politisierung der Anschläge die ohnehin wackelige Einheitsregierung weiter spalten und lähmen könnte.

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A Black Week in Kabul: Terror and protests

Martine van Bijlert • Thomas Ruttig •

It has been an incredibly difficult week for Kabul. In four days, over a hundred people were killed and several hundreds injured – most of them in a massive terrorist attack in central Kabul on 31 May 2017. Two days later, as angry protests threatened to become violent, the police opened fire killing and injuring […]

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Die Taliban lehnen weiterhin jegliche Friedensgespräche ab

Thomas Ruttig •

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 3 June 2017 A quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this reportage from Laghman in Switzerland’s leading newspaper, on occasional cooperation between Taleban and Hezb-e Islami fighters in eastern Afghanistan in the past: Laut Thomas Ruttig, dem Co-Direktor des Afghanistan Analysts Network, haben auch nach 2001 Taliban und Hezb-e Islami im Osten […]

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Abschiebungen nach Afghanistan – „Das ist reine Symbolpolitik“

Thomas Ruttig •

Cicero (online), 2 June 2017 Interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig for the German magazine’s website after the 31 May 2017 terrorist attack in Kabul, looking at Germany’s moratorium on the deportation of rejected Afghan asylum seekers,  the security situation and the situation of the Afghan government forces and the role of German police training (“mainly […]

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Kabul citizens furious with government after bloody attack

AAN •

Radio France International, 1 June 2017 AAN’s Obaid Ali is quoted in this article saying: “People are shocked with what happened and disappointed,” says Obaid Ali, the Head of Office at the Afghanistan Analysts Network. “They are angry, afraid and worried about the future.”

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Abschiebungen nach Afghanistan: Ein “teilweise sicheres Herkunftsland”?

Thomas Ruttig •

SWR radio, 1 June 2017 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig deconstructs German MP Kiesewetter’s claims about 20 million Afghans in government-controlled areas ‘leading a normal live’ (see 40 years of war and recent Kabul attack) and of Afghan criminals being deported to Afghanistan, ending up there in jail and being safe(!) there (only that Afghan government is […]

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