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Thomas Ruttig

Seesaw Conflict With Taliban Takes Toll in Fallen Afghan District [Taiwara in Ghor]

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New York Times, 7 August 2017 An interesting rendering of the local power architecture in Ghor province, where Taleban fighters recently have taken Taiwara district – including alleged ‘cross-frontline’ connections between a local ‘Taleban faciliatator’ and the High Peace Council in Kabul and a Jamiati commander-turned-Daesh.

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[IS-Taleban cooperation in Sarepul?]

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Radio 24, 7 August 2017 Fabrizio Foschini talked to Nessun Luogo é Lontano, the foreign politics program of Radio 24 in Italy, about the alleged Taleban/Isis offensive in Sayad district of Sarepul province. He gave a short socio-political profile of the north, talked about the Taleban drive for recruiting non-Pashtuns in the last decade, the competition […]

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Ein Massaker in Nordafghanistan zeigt, dass sich die Sicherheitslage in dem Land immer weiter verschlechtert

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 7 August 2017 In German: As one of the few international media, the leading Swiss daily does not just reprint the claims about an alleged IS-Taleban collusion during the recent massacre in Sarepul province, but points out that if the allegation turned out to be true, it would constitute a serious shift […]

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Vrouwen in Afghanistan willen zichtbaar worden: ‘Waar is mijn naam?’

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Volkskrant, 3 August 2017 AAN’s Martine van Bijlert speaks about the growing trend of Afghan women using their name publicly on social media (still a taboo in conservative sectors of Afghan society) (in Dutch).

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29 Tote nach Anschlag auf Moschee in Herat

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Tageszeitung, 3 August 2017 Op-ed summary and background on the 2 August IS-claimed terror attack on a Shia mosque in Herat by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (in German) – online and in the print version.

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Der IS überfällt die irakische Botschaft in Kabul

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Tageszeitung, 1 August 2017 Op-ed by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig and Borhan Osman about the IS-claimed attack on the Iraqi Embassy in Kabul (in German), with background on the Afghan IS chapter.

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Wie sicher ist Afghanistan?

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RBB-Inforadio, 31 July 2017 Live interview by the Berlin-region public radio with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, about the announced (and still not published) security assessment update by the German foreign office and the current security situation in Afghanistan, one day after the IS-claimed attack on the Iraqi embassy in Kabul (listen to the audio in German).

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US Confirms Killing of Additional IS Leaders in July 11 Airstrike

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Voice of America, 30 July 2017 Reporting that a US airstrike earlier in July has not only killed ISKP’s amir Abu Saeed but also four other leading members of the group, an earlier AAN dispatch by Borhan Osman is quoted extensively: “The ‘decapitation’ of ISK-P has been well underway over the past two years as […]

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Rückkehr nach Afghanistan

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Asyl Aktuell, 1/2017 The Vienna-based magazine, run by the Austrian NGOs’ “Coordination on Asylum”, reprints a slightly abridged German version of Jelena Bjelica and Thomas Ruttig’s AAN dispatch on deportations and ‘voluntary’ return of Afghan asylum seekers to their country. Use the link, click on the cover of the magazine for the PDF and go […]

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The Trump White House’s War Within [about an Afghanistan strategy]

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Politico, 25 July 2017 Afghans are still waiting for an American strategy for their country, but it is delayed another time. Here an inside view from Washington on what problems that might stand in its way.

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As Casualties Mount, Afghan Leader Stresses Everyday Task of Governing

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Wall Street Journal, 25 July 2017 Journal reporters were allowed to watch President Ghani during a full working day: “During a series of meetings, the 66-year-old former World Bank official and ex-finance minister berated a senior United Nations envoy over plans to fund parliamentary elections and threatened to fire about half a dozen senior government […]

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Tödliches Afghanistan: die Situation am Hindukusch und Abschiebungen in ein Land, in dem nach wie vor gekämpft wird

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Neues Deutschland, 24 July 2017 Op-ed by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (in German) about the security situation in Afghanistan and the discussion about deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers from Germany.

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