Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Thomas Ruttig

Svetovni dan beguncev: Ljudje hočejo naprej, a so vrnjeni nazaj

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Večer, 20 June 2017 AAN research quoted and linked in the Slovenian news website’s  article about Afghan refugees in Europe: Med leti 2015 in 2016 naj bi iz Afganistana proti Evropi zbežalo okoli 250 000 Afganistank in Afganistancev. Po poročanjuorganizacije Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) se je to število zdaj zmanjšalo in lani se je izjemno […]

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Der abgeschobene Krieg: Alltag in Afghanistan

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HR2, 20 June 2017 A full hour podcast on Afghanistan (in German), featuring AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, Nicole Birtsch (SWP Berlin), ARD correspondents and a German soldier critical of the Bundeswehr mission, on Frankfort based Hesse state public radio.

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“Wir riechen jeden Tag nur Schießpulver”

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Wiener Zeitung, 17 June 2017 In this article (in German) about the probably only female commander of an ALP unit in Afghanistan, Thomas Ruttig is quoted on the quasi-militia-like character of the ALP: “Die afghanische Lokalpolizei ist notorisch unzuverlässig, und ihre Einheiten werden in der Tat oft nur sporadisch bezahlt”, sagt Thomas Ruttig vom Afghanistan […]

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Kämpfe um Höhlenkomplex Tora Bora: Was stimmt denn nun?

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SRF4, 16 June 2017 Audio file of an interview on Swiss radio’s daily news show “Echo der Zeit” about a reported ‘IS victory’ in the Tora Bora mountains of eastern Afghanistan (in German).

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Kabul’s American University just reopened after terrorist attack. Now it’s facing new threats.

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Washington Post, 15 June 2017 AAN’s Borhan Osman is quoted from earlier analysis here on how the American University in Kabul attracted the attention of the Taleban and how it became a target. Also in al-Sharq al-Awsat, here.

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How The EU Should Frame An Approach To Afghan Refugees

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Tolonews, 13 June 2017 AAN’s reporting about the situation of Afghan refugees in Europe and particularly on the Balkans has been picked up in an opinion piece on one of Afghanistan’s leading news channels: n 2015, about 200,000 Afghans – who according to the interviews conducted by the Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) were mainly young […]

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Haqqani Network Denies Role in Latest Terror Attacks on Afghanistan

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al-Sharq al-Awsat, 13 June 2017 The Arab-language newspaper quotes AAN’s Borhan Osman from his recent dispatch (“Black week in Kabul (2)”): “Despite the Taliban’s categorical denial, the attack bears all the hallmarks of the movement,” Borhan Osman of the Afghanistan Analysts Network stated. “The movement’s operational capacity and logistical access to plan and execute such […]

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Korruption in Afghanistan: Hauptursache der schlechten Sicherheitslage

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Deutschlandfunk, 13 June 2017 This article on the website of the German public radio about corruption in the Afghan MoI and police draws mainly on AAN’s recent dispatch on the issue and a follow-up interview with Thomas Ruttig (in German).

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Taliban territory: Life in Afghanistan under the militants

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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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Ashraf Ghani offers Taliban ‘last chance’ for peace

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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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