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Thomas Ruttig

Taliban Get A New Leader, Who’s Just As Violent As The Old One

Thomas Ruttig •

NPR, 6 June 2016 In this article about the new Taleban leader on the website of US national public radio, AAN is quoted twice (with links to our website), on the Taleban’s (un-willingness) to negotiate with the Afghan government and on the (not yet finished) peace deal between the Afghan government and Hezb-e Islami: Part […]

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The Taliban′s spring offensive: Over one million displaced Afghans

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Qantara, 3 June 2016 AAN’s analysis is quoted in this article on the web portal that represents the concerted effort of the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Center for Political Education), Deutsche Welle, the Goethe Institut and the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations) to promote dialogue with the Islamic world: … spectacular suicide […]

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طالبان در گذار: مرگ منصور و ارتقای هبت‌الله چه تاثیری بر جنگ (و صلح) خواهد داشت؟

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Etilaat-e Ruz, 9 Jauza 1395 (31 May 2016) The Kabul daily published the Dari translation of Borhan Osman’s AAN dispatch “Taleban in Transition: How Mansur’s death and Haibatullah’s ascension may affect the war (and peace)” in three parts – this is the first one. Here the other links: part 2 and part 3.

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The signing of the National Unity Government political agreement by Dr Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani took place at the Presidential Palace on 21 September 2014 in the presence of Afghanistan's key political figures, government officials and members of the campaign teams of both candidates. (Photo Source: Tolo News 2014)

When The Political Agreement Runs Out: On the future of Afghanistan’s National Unity Government

Martine van Bijlert • Ali Yawar Adili •

The National Unity Government (NUG), which was created to solve the impasse caused by the bitterly disputed 2014 presidential elections, has come under intense criticism for a wide range of real and perceived failures. Its position has also been called into question by uncertainty over whether, based on the text of the political agreement, its […]

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Die Taliban, Afghanistan und das Elend der USA

Thomas Ruttig •

Thüringer Allgemeine, 26 May 2016 The regional newspaper from the central German state of Thuringia quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in an article summing up Afghan developments after the killing of Taleban leader Mansur in an US airstrike.

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Taliban replaces leader killed in U.S. drone strike

Thomas Ruttig •

Washington Post, 25 May 2016 Short quotes of AAN’s Thomas Ruttig: Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network in Kabul, said that although Akhundzada is known to be a hard-line cleric, he eventually may be more willing to reopen peace talks — an idea that Mansour had opposed. “At the same time, the Taliban […]

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Akhundzada nuovo leader talebano

Thomas Ruttig •

Il manifesto, 25 May 2016 The left-wing Italian daily quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the new Taleban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada: Secondo Thomas Ruttig, co-direttore dell’Afghanistan Analysts Network di Kabul, Akhundzada avrebbe goduto dell’incondizionata fiducia del mullah Omar, che lo consultava per dirimere le questioni più delicate.

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New Taliban leader’s daunting task: uniting group as officials seek peace

Thomas Ruttig •

The Guardian, 25 May 2016 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this article about the succession at the top of the Taleban: “It happened much quicker than expected, which shows that the Taliban knows the gravity of the situation, and are trying their best to keep the movement united,” said Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network […]

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معمای رهبری طالبان بعد از مرگ منصور [The puzzle of Mansur’s death for the Taleban leadership]

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Hasht-e Sobh, 24 May 2016 AAN’s Ehsan Qaane looks at the death of Taleban leader Mullah Mansur and its repercussions (in Dari). Soon in full on the AAN Dari/Pasho website.

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Der Tod des Talibanchefs

Thomas Ruttig •

dpa/Die Welt, 23 May 2016 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted here (in German) with doubts that the Taleban would become more amenable to peace talks after the killing of their leader Mullah Mansur: Es sei durchaus nicht sicher, sagt der deutsche Afghanistanexperte Thomas Ruttig, dass die Taliban noch gesprächsbereit seien, “nachdem ihnen der Anführer weggebombt […]

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Taliban will go on, even without Mullah Akhtar Mansur

Thomas Ruttig •

The Lowry Interpreter, 23 May 2016 In a commentary for the Australian university’s website, Susanne Schmeidl quotes Thomas Ruttig from AAN: According to Afghan expert Thomas Ruttig, the fact that Haqqani comes from Afghanistan’s southeast, not the south, which is the traditional Taliban heartland, makes this unlikely.  (…) Thomas Ruttig even argues that splitting the Taliban to […]

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