Thomas Ruttig

Le Figaro, 31 January 2018 The French daily carries quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig and ex-colleague Borhan Osman (now ICG) about the recent wave of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan (in French, behind paywall): « Chaque camp multiplie les déclarations en faveur de la paix alors qu’il se passe peu de choses en coulisses », déplore Thomas Ruttig, […]

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Trump’s Way of War in Afghanistan: More Explosions, Less Information

The Diplomat, 31 January 2018 After Resolute Support classified data about which side controls what territory in Afghanistan and censored the valuable SIGAR reports that has included these data, the policy website quotes from recent AAN analysis by Thomas Ruttig: Indeed, the day before the latest SIGAR report was released, Thomas Ruttig wrote for the […]

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Vom nahezu wahllosen Morden in Afghanistan

Tagesspiegel, 30 January 2018 Op-ed commentary by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, looking at the latest wave of Taleban and ISKP (Daesh) terrorists attacks in Afghanistan and the general escalation of the war (in German).

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Eskalation in Afghanistan: Ewiger Krieg ohne Ausweg?

Hessischer Rundfunk, 30 January 2018 Listen to a podcast of an interview of the German Hesse State radio with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the current security situation and the recent wave of attacks in Kabul (in German). Go to link and look for “Afghanistan”.

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The story of the faceless girl

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Expressen (2014), 1 June 2014 The story of the little Afghan girl that was the sole survivor of an US air strike in 2013 that had now made waves in the media, was already told 8and in English) by Terese Cristiansson in the Swedish newspaper Expressen in 2014.

Stepped up violence alternately claimed by IS and Taliban

AP/ABC, 30 January 2018 Kathy Gannon quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, together with Andrew Wilder and Brian Glyn Williams and others: “The Taliban and IS are clearly competitors in the Afghan arena,” said Thomas Ruttig, whose Afghan Analysts network [sic] has deep knowledge of the country and has conducted nationwide studies into a myriad of issues […]

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civilian casualties have reached an all-time high, plateauing in 2016 and 2017. children and women represented two thirds of casualties by air strikes in the first nine months of 2017: injured boy in helmand province. photo: andrew quilty (2015)

More violent, more widespread: Trends in Afghan security in 2017

Continuing our look back at key developments in Afghanistan in 2017, after migration and peace talks, we come to security. Tracking trends in security has become more difficult, as more areas suffering conflict have become inaccessible and those fighting – both Afghan and international –less transparent. However, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig has identified indicators to gauge […]

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Tödliches Wochenende in Kabul

Neues Deutschland, 29 January 2018 The left-leaning German daily quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this article about possible motifs behind the latest Taleban wave of violence in Kabul: Afghanistan-Experte Thomas Ruttig vermutet, dass die Terroristen damit zugleich das aktuelle politische Chaos vor den geplanten Wahlen sowie die Unzufriedenheit der Bevölkerung zuspitzen und so einen Kollaps […]

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Der Krankenwagen bringt Zerstörung

Tageszeitung, 29 January 2018 Op-ed report in the Berlin daily by AAN’s Thomas Ruttoig about the Taleban-claimed attack with an explosives-rigged ambulance car in Kabul that caused 103 people killed alone.

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An increase in bombings spreads fear in Afghanistan. It could also be a message to President Trump

Los Angeles Times/San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 January 2018 The newspapers quote from Thomas Ruttig’s latest AAN analysis of 2017 security trends in Afghanistan: Since the end of 2014, when the U.S.-led coalition shifted to more of an advisory role and gave Afghan forces responsibility for security, the annual number of “security incidents” recorded by the […]

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Why has Afghanistan seen so many attacks in the last week?

Euronews, 29 January 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this summary of an interview for Euronews about the latest wave of terrorist attacks, the relationship between the Taleban and IS, the role of Pakistan and the likelihood for peace talks. Includes a video. Also in German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Turkish.