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Thomas Ruttig

Deutsche Entwicklungshelferin getötet

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Berliner Morgenpost and Hamburger Abendblatt, 22 May 2017 A quote of AAN’s Thomas Ruttig about the recent attack on a Christian NGO office in kabul during which a German woman was killed: “Christliche Missionsarbeit ist ein rotes Tuch in Afghanistan – nicht nur für die Taliban”, sagte Thomas Ruttig, Direktor des Afghanistan Analysts Networks, dieser […]

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Abflug eines Warlords: Vizepräsident Dostum geht ins türkische Exil

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Tageszeitung, 22 May 2017 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig op-ed contribution about General Dostum leaving into exile in Turkey, officially declared as a trip for “medical treatment.” This deepens the government crisis in Afghanistan further and, given Dostum’s control over the Afghan Uzbek vote bank, necessitates (from President Ghani’s point of view) to develop a new leader […]

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Vice-president leaves Afghanistan amid torture and rape claims

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The Guardian, 20 May 2017 “Afghanistan’s vice-president [Abdulrashid Dostum] has left the country after a six-month standoff following allegations that he illegally detained a political rival and had him raped with an assault rifle”, reports the British daily.  President Ashraf Ghani “framed the case as his make-or-break moment to show that not even powerful warlords were […]

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Warlords in Afghanistan: Ghani und die starken Männer

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 14 May 2017 After Hekmatyar’s return to Afghanistan, Switzerland’s most prominent newspaper looks at the influence of warlords in Afghanistan, extensively quoting AAN’s Thomas Ruttig directly and indirectly: Nach dem Sturz der Taliban 2001, bei dem die amerikanische Luftwaffe die Bodentruppen der Nordallianz unterstützte, wurden viele dieser regionalen Machtträger trotz ihrer oftmals […]

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Slagteren fra Kabul er vendt tilbage

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Jyllands-Posten, 13 May 2017 In another article about Hekmatyar’s return to Afghanistan, the Danish daily quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig: Præsident Ashraf Ghani, der i over to år forgæves har forsøgt at slutte fred med Ta- liban, fremstiller aftalen med Hekmatyar som en politisk sejr. Men ifølge Afghanistan- eksperten Thomas Ruttig fra Afghan Analyst Network i […]

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Lashkar-linked IS chief, key to training of Indian jihadists, is reported killed in Afghanistan raid

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Indian Express, 9 May 2017 Some interesting background on the Pakistani links of the recently killed ISKP chief from this Indian daily.

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The Wrong Enemy in Afghanistan

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New York Times, 9 May 2017 AAN’s Borhan Osman wrote this opinion piece about the over-hyped IS phenomenon in Afghanistan that overshadows other, more important issues: … the United States obsession with the Islamic State in Khorasan — a minor group in Afghanistan — distracts attention from a more urgent task: negotiating a peace deal with […]

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The Butcher of Kabul and I

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Rediff News, 8 May 2017 A former Indian ambassador recounts Hekmatyar ‘politics’ while working on special assignment as Charge d’Affaires to manage the embassy in Kabul in 1990 – and wondering whom the Hezb leader was “trying to impress” by bringing “his wife and daughter for the ceremony in the presidential palace on Thursday, May […]

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Hekmatjar mit grossem Konvoi zurück in Kabul

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Strand Journal, 8 May 2017 The German news website reports Hekmatyar’s return to Kabul and quotes from Borhan Osman’s dispatch on the topic for AAN: Hekmatjar hielt die Rede im großen Gasi-Stadion, das 25.000 Menschen fasst und voll besetzt war. Die Experten des Afghanistan Analysts Network beschreiben ihn in einer aktuellen Analyse als “charismatisch, absolutistisch […]

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«Кабульский мясник» вернулся с миром

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Kommersant, 5 May 2017 The independent Russian newspaper quotes AAN’s Kate Clark, via The Guardian, on the return of the “Butcher of Kabul” to Afghanistan: «Хекматияр никогда не был командным игроком и никогда не работал на кого-то,— отметила в интервью газете The Guardian старший аналитик Afghanistan Analysts Network Кейт Кларк.— Он очень жесткий исламист… Он […]

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Large Attack on a Military Base, and Other News About Afghanistan

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Daily Kos, 23 April 2017 The – according to its own information – liberal news website with the widest reach in the US puts Thomas Ruttig’s AAN dispatch about  governor Atta Muhammad’s ambitions for both the Jamiat leadership and the presidency among its most important current Afghan news.

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