Thomas Ruttig

Abschiebung nach Afghanistan: “Afghanistan ist zweifelsfrei kein sicheres Herkunftsland”

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Süddeutsche Zeitung, 16 December 2016 Interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in one of the largest German dailies, discussing the first German forced returns of Afghan rejected asylum seekers and the security situation in the country. Conclusion: “Afghanistan is definitely not a safe country. And there are only more or less insecure areas.”    

16 Dec 2016

Trump Inherits the ‘Good War’

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The Atlantic, 16 December 2016 A short quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this article reviewing the situation in Afghanistan before Trump’s takeover of the US presidency (also on the DefenceOne website): Nearly 70 percent of Afghanistan’s annual income is from international donors. Washington itself “is by far the largest spender on the Afghan armed forces and […]

16 Dec 2016

Why is Guantanamo Still Open?

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BBC, 15 December 2016 Listen to a 50 minutes Newshour Extra programme, “Why is Guantanamo Still Open?” with AAN’s Kate Clark featuring as one of the discussion participants (half way in with an interview on the Afghan cases).

15 Dec 2016

UK criticised for failure to tell Afghan warlord’s victims of his release

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The Guardian, 14 December 2016 The British daily quotes AAN’s Kate Clark on the early release of Hezb-e Islami commander Zardad – one of the few Afghan war criminals ever convicted – by the UK and the failure to inform at least some victims of and witnesses against him, who has been welcomed at home […]

15 Dec 2016

Abschiebungen nach Afghanistan

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ZDF, 14 December 2016 In this clip about the first German return flight of rejected Afghan asylum seekers to Kabul, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig can be seen with a short statement on the Afghan security situation (in German).    

14 Dec 2016

Paktika Girls Deprived Of An Education

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Tolonews, 18 November 2016 An eye-opening report about the real picture of girls education in Afghanistan: While the provincial authorities of Paktika admit that not a single girl has finished class 12 since 2001, they promise tht the first ones will do so this year. But civil society activists doubt even this: “We could not find […]

14 Dec 2016

ISIS Is Blowing Up Mosques in Kabul: Attacks on Shia Hazaras deepens ethnic and religious schisms

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War is Boring, 9 December 2016 The web-based magazine looks into the recent IS anti-Shia violence in Afghanistan. AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted at some length here, somewhat contradicting the hypothesis given in the articles title: “I actually doubt that the sectarian divide has increased as a result of Daesh violence in Afghanistan,” says Thomas […]

9 Dec 2016

Scenes from Ashton Carter’s trip to Afghanistan

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The Economist, 9 December 2016 The weekly’s columnist “Lexington” has accompanied outgoing US secretary of defence Ashton Carter on his last journey to South Asia, including Afghanistan. An extremely interesting read. For example here: For any reporter who visited Afghanistan at the height of the war, it is startling to hear how America’s objectives have […]

9 Dec 2016

Eine Bedrohung unter vielen: Der »Islamische Staat« verübt immer mehr Anschläge in Afghanistan

Jungle World, 8 December 2016 In this article (without author), AAN by Borhan Osman research is quoted (in German): Das Auftreten und die Vorgehensweise der Islamisten könnten nach Einschätzungen Borhan Osmans vom Afghanistan Analysts Network verheerende Folgen haben. Zum einen bestehe die Gefahr, dass der ISKP eine gewisse Attraktivität für enttäuschte islamistische Kräfte entwickelt und […]

8 Dec 2016

Eine Bedrohung unter vielen: Der afghanische Ableger der Terrororganisation »Islamischer Staat« verübt immer häufiger Anschläge auf die schiitische Minderheit

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Jungle World, 8 December 2016 This article, looking at the threat Daesh’s Afghan chapter poses in the country, the author quotes from Borhan Osman’s recent AAN dispatch: Das Auftreten und die Vorgehensweise der Islamisten könnten nach Einschätzungen Borhan Osmans vom Afghanistan Analysts Network verheerende Folgen haben. Zum einen bestehe die Gefahr, dass der ISKP eine […]

8 Dec 2016

Abschiebung nach Afghanistan: Erzwungene Rückkehr

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Deutschlandfunk, 8 December 2016 In this article exploring what rejected Afghan asylum seekers have to expect when sent back from Germany, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted as saying that the reasons why Afghan flee their country are complex, but that Afghans feel threatened by war and terrorism. he further says that the discussion about deportations […]

8 Dec 2016

نزاع و کشمکش ادامه‌دار در افغانستان

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Ettelaat-e Ruz, 13 Qaus 1395 (5 December 2016) The Kabul-based daily publishes an article by The Diplomat about the latest round of dismissals of cabinet ministers by Afghan parliament that contains longer quotes from Thomas Ruttig’s AAN dispatch about the subject.

7 Dec 2016