Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Thomas Ruttig

[The history of Afghanistan’s relationship with the ICC at a glance]

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AIHRC Magazine (ماه نامه حقوق بشر), Feb. 2018 Another AAN external publication: Guest article by AAN’s Ehsan Qaane, about the role of special courts in the prosecution of ministers alleged of corruption (in Dari, not online).  

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Good News from Afghanistan

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The National Review, 23 February 2018 The right-wing magazine quotes the AAN (and links to our analysis)  to bolster its argument that US airstrikes “might have deterred the Taliban from launching major attacks against urban centers”: Also, according to the Afghanistan Analysts Network, coalition airstrikes might have deterred the Taliban from launching major attacks against […]

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THESES ON PEACEMAKING IN AFGHANISTAN: A MANIFESTO

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War on the Rocks, 23 February 2018 Prof Barnett R. Rubin’s theses on peacemaking and hurdles (mainly regional ones) for it. If we read if carefully, he suggests to hand over to the Chinese and Indian ‘mega-economies’ and hope for some trickle-down effect for peace in Afghanistan.  

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A 3-Step Exit Strategy for Afghanistan

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The National Interest, 22 February 2018 Stating that “Trump’s military strategy has even less chance to succeed than the failed strategies of Presidents Bush and Obama before him”, Daniel L. Davis,  senior fellow for Defense Priorities and a former lieutenant colonel in the US Army, argues that a “clean break to a strong new policy” in Afghanistan […]

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In Afghanistan, Fewer Civilian Casualties Is Still Too Many

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War Is Boring (blog), 21 February 2018 In this article on the recent UNAMA civilian casualties, the author quotes from Kate Clark’s analysis of the report for AAN: Kate Clark, co-director of the Afghan [sic] Analyst Network, observed in her own report that “reduction translates into almost 800 people who are alive and uninjured today […]

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2017 worst year on record for suicide bombings in Afghanistan

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ABC, 19 February 2018 Watch a video with AAN’s Kate Clark on Australian TV: Kate Clarke [sic] of the Afghanistan Analysts Network says while there has been a decline in the overall number of casualties, targeted attacks on civilians have increased, killing and injuring more than ten thousand in 2017.

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Asylverfahren-Gutachter Mahringer steht selbst auf dem Prüfstand

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Profil, 19 February 2018 In this article about an initiative to put the so far monopolist of Afghanistan analysis in Austrian asylum cases under scrutiny, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted (article in German): Vergangenen Herbst bat das Netzwerk Asylanwalt den deutschen Afghanistan-Experten Thomas Ruttig um einen Kommentar. Er fand klare Worte: Gutachter Mahringer ziehe oberflächliche, […]

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Minnesota terror case shows challenge of predicting attacks

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My San Antonio, 18 February 2018 This article on this local news website uses recent Euronews footage with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the situation in Afghanistan, the role of the Taleban and IS.  

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Hamid Karzai’s dark theories are gaining traction in Afghanistan

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Washington Post/Stars and Stripes, 14 February 2018 Pamela Constable has met ex-President Karzai and looks at his ambiguous politicking: His theories often sound conspiratorial and his proposals self-serving. It is not always easy to tell if he believes his more far-fetched assertions, such as that the United States is secretly supporting the Islamic State offshoot […]

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Bericht über Afghanistan: Mehr als 10.000 zivile Opfer

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ARD, 15 February 2018 Video interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig by Tagesschau24, the round-the-clock version of German leading public TV network’s main news show, regarding the latest UNAMA civilian casualties report.

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Taliban publish letter calling on US to start Afghan peace talks

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The Guardian, 14 February 2018 A one-line quote by Thomas Ruttig here, on the Taleban online invitation to Doha for US Senator Rand Paul: This invitation stands a better chance of influencing US policy than the “generalised” open letter, according to Thomas Ruttig, of the thinktank the Afghan [sic] Analysts Network.    

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L’Afghanistan est-il le nouveau territoire de Daech ?

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Ulyces, 12 February 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig and ex-colleague Borhan Osman are extensively quoted in this article (which gratefully has a question mark in its title) in the French online magazin: Au même titre que ces derniers, actifs depuis des décennies, l’État islamique a « continué de se montrer capable d’infliger des pertes massives », note le rapport […]

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