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Thomas Ruttig

Darum fliehen so viele Afghanen nach Deutschland

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Focus, 29 April 2016 The German weekly news magazine quotes from the joint FES-AAN study about decision-making processes in Afghan families about sending members as refugees to Europe (unfortunately without mentioning AAN).  

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Death from the Sky: Searching for Ground Truth in the Kunduz Hospital Bombing

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The Intercept, 28 April 2016 May Jeong’s excellent investigation into the (missing) chain of command and control in the US bombing of the Kunduz MSF hospital, with new detail on how Afghan ANSF unit commanders looked at MSF (almost as an enemy, as it also treated wounded Taleban) and their complete lack of understanding of […]

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Just How Many ISIS Fighters Are There in Afghanistan? Estimates from Moscow’s special envoy to Kabul are a constantly changing thing

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The Diplomat, 27 April 2016 A necessary look at the “cottage industry of Russian officials overblowing the ISIS threat to Afghanistan” by unsourced figures. What should have been added here, though, is that also (the lower but possibly also overblown) US military figures are unsourced, too.

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Afghan Women, Eager to Play, Are Relegated to the Sidelines

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New York Times, 26 April 2016 “Women’s sports programs in Afghanistan, long a favorite of Western donors, have all but collapsed”, writes Rod Nordland in his hair-raising story. “With few exceptions, the sports programs have become riddled with corruption and been undermined by conservative Afghans who have never liked the idea of young women on sports […]

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Afghan Official: Kabul Attack Set Back Peace Efforts, Ties with Pakistan

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Voice of America, 22 April 2016 The VoA’s Ayaz Gul quotes from AAN’s analysis of the Taleban’s 19 April lorry bomb attack in Kabul when looking at Af-Pak relations after the terror attack: “The attack, so close to the heart of the security and government apparatus, seemingly based on very precise intelligence and possibly aided […]

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Flüchtlingskrise: Lage in Herkunftsländern bleibt kritisch

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Tagesspiegel, 20 April 2016 The Berlin-based daily, in its roundup of the situation of the most important countries of origin of refugees arriving in Germany, quotes an AAN dispatch in its Afghanistan part, the lastest analysis of UNAMA’s recent report on civilian casualties: „2015 war das bisher blutigste Jahr in Afghanistan, und Kinder traf es […]

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Offensive der Taliban: Ein heisser Frühling in Afghanistan

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 19 April 2016 Longer indirect quotes by AAN’s Obaid Ali explaining the latest Taleban attack on Kunduz and the security forces’ response (in German): Die afghanischen Streitkräfte erhielten diesmal konsequentere Luftunterstützung als im letzten Herbst, wie Obaid Ali von der Denkfabrik Afghanistan Analysts Network erklärt. Zudem hätten höchstwahrscheinlich von Anbeginn an auch […]

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Afghanistan, das nächste Taliban-Emirat?

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Telepolis (blog), 19 April 2016 This German blog picks up and links to AAN’s analysis of the Taleban declaration of their 2016 spring offensive: Auch die Erklärung der Taliban zur Frühjahrsoffensive kann nicht als Bestätigung dafür gewertet werden, Afghanistan als sicheres Herkunftsland zu behandeln. Wie aus einem ausführlicheren kommentierenden Hintergrundbericht der Webseite Afghanistan Analyst Network herauszulesen ist, […]

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Taliban vows to take the battle to Kabul

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The Australian, 19 April 2016 Longer quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this article: Thomas Ruttig of Afghan [sic] Analysts Network told The Australian that since 2009, the “intensity” of the conflict in Afghanistan was getting worse. In just the first three months of this year, 1943 civilian casualties had been recorded, including 600 deaths. “I had […]

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Taliban vows to take the battle to Kabul

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The Australian, 19 April 2016 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig quoted here: Thomas Ruttig of Afghan [sic] Analysts Network told The Australian that since 2009, the “intensity” of the conflict in Afghanistan was getting worse. In just the first three months of this year, 1943 civilian casualties had been recorded, including 600 deaths. “I had a message from a […]

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Les talibans dégainent leur nouvelle stratégie

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Le Temps, 19 April 2016 In the context of the Taleban’s spring offenseive and the 19 April attack in Kabul, this Geneva-based daily quotes extensively from AAN’s analysis of the “Omari operations” statement (n French): A en croire le communiqué qu’ils ont diffusé le 12 avril passé pour annoncer leur offensive, ils espèrent non seulement gagner du […]

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Après l’attentat de Kaboul, les questions en suspens

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La Croix, 19 April 2016 Two quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in the context of the same day’s Taleban attack in Kabul, on the propagandistic aim of the attack and on what he calls “insufficient diplomatic preparation” of the QCD-led peace talks: « En ciblant un bâtiment du gouvernement, les talibans envoient un message de propagande fort, […]

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