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Thomas Ruttig

Bruderkriege bei den Taliban

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Frankfurter Rundschau, 3 December 2015 Willi Germund quots AAN’s Borhan Osman in the German daily on the current state of cohesion in the Taleban movement: „Die Taliban haben während der vergangenen 21 Jahre schwere Zeiten durchgemacht“, schreibt Borhan Osman von „Afghanistan Analysts Network“ (AAN), „aber sie haben immer zusammengehalten. Das änderte sich im Juli 2015, […]

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100 Jahre Deutsch-Afghanische Beziehungen

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Bayerischer Rundfunk, 3 December 2015 In the German radio’s morning round-up, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in a report about the current celebrations of the 100th anniversary of German-Afghan relations and a bilateral cultural week taking off in Berlin (not online yet).

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Merkel warnt Afghanen vor Flucht nach Deutschland

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Zeit, 2 December 2015 The German weekly’s website quotes from the Tagesschau interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig of the same day (see below), on the situation in Afghanistan: Der Experte Thomas Ruttig, Ko-Direktor des “Afghanistan Analysts Network”,  sagte im Interview mit der Tagesschau allerdings, in Afghanistan gebe es “ein nie dagewesenes Niveau der Gewalt und die höchste Zahl […]

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Experte zu Lehren aus Afghanistan: “Syrien-Einsatz kommt viel zu spät”

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ARD, 2 December 2015 Two interviews (one in writing and one video) with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the website of the German TV channels prime time news, the Tagesschau: one on whether there can be parallels drawn between the German military engagements in Afghanistan and Syria and one (the video) about the security situation, on […]

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Two interviews with President Ghani

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Spiegel and France24, 2 December 2015 In the Spiegel interview, the President answers the question “How was it possible for 700 or 800 Taliban to take by surprise a well-equipped security force of about 7,000 troops in [Kunduz]?” with his own question; “How can a few individuals bring the French government to a standstill?” And he […]

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Von Wandel keine Spur: Seit einem Jahr ist Afghanistans Präsident Ghani an der Macht, bewirkt hat er wenig

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Süddeutsche Zeitung, 1 December 2015 A short quote of AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in this first-year balance of President Ashraf Ghani’s tenure by one of the largest German dailies, summarised in the sub-headline: “corruption and violence are prevalent, thousands leave the country and for negotiations with the Taleban, Kabul has to rely on its difficult neighbour […]

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Rise of Afghan anti-Taliban militias stokes instability fears

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AFP, 1 December 2015 AAN’s Obaid Ali is quoted in this report about a certain ‘uprising militia’ in Pashtunkot district of Faryab province: “Militias in some areas are bedeviled by internal rivalries, revenge attacks and intra-group clashes,” said Obaid Ali, a researcher with the think-tank Afghanistan Analysts Network. “Their end goal is ensuring their own […]

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Before the Paris Conference: The state of Afghanistan’s climate and its adaption capability

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Climate change is already having a severe impact on Afghans’ daily lives – but this challenge is often over-shadowed by what seem to be more-urgent problems: war and the economic crisis. Therefore, the reports submitted by the Afghan government for the Paris climate conference starting today, 30 November 2015 (and President Ashraf Ghani speaking in […]

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Analysts slam US account of MSF hospital strike

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AFP, 30 November 2015 Extensive quotes from Kate Clark’s analysis for AAN of the US military report on the airstrike against the MSF Kunduz clinic – that “cited mistakes so ‘reckless’ that observers said they left open the unsettling question of whether those involved had ripped up their own rulebook in a chaotic effort to […]

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Krever flere svar etter sykehusangrep i Afghanistan

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VG, 30 November 2015 The Norwegian website (or daily?) quotes AAN’s Kate Clark on the US report about the ‘mistaken’ bombing of the MSK clinic in Kunduz: – Spørsmålet gjenstår om prosedyrene ble oversett med vilje, skriver senioranalytiker Kate Clark hos Afghanistan Analysts Network. 

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Afghanistan: Wie stark ist der IS?

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Deutschlandfunk, 30 November 2015 In this article on the German quality radio’s website scrutinising the strength of Daesh in Afghanistan, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted various times: Thomas Ruttig, Mitbegründer des Afghanistan Analysts Network, einer Forschungseinrichtung, findet dagegen die Kabuler Regierung übertreibe das Risiko: “Ich glaube die Bedrohung ist relativ begrenzt. Meines Erachtens gibt es […]

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ISIS isn’t ravaging Afghanistan. But who wants to take a chance

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Catch News, 26 November 2015 In this refreshingly non-alarmist article scrutinising the scope of Daesh in Afghanistan, AAN’s Borhan Osman is extensively quoted: According to Osman Borhan, an analyst at a Kabul-based Afghanistan analyst network, “however loosely you define the presence or activity of ISIS, it has not gone beyond a maximum six provinces since […]

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