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Thomas Ruttig

General acknowledges US airstrike on Kunduz hospital was ‘direct result of human error’

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Stars and Stripes, 25 November 2015 In this article about the US investigation report about the bombing of a clinic in Kunduz, AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted as saying: Kate Clark, a researcher with the Afghan Analysts Network, said Wednesday’s briefing only raised more questions about the American rules of engagement in Afghanistan, which Schoffner […]

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Facebook-Kampagne gegen Flucht nach Deutschland

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Deutschlandfunk, 24 November 2015 In this article about the refugee exodus from Afghanistan on the German broadcasters website, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted on German threats to cut development aid for Afghanistan if the government rejects to take back deported citizens and about purported figures of Afghans leaving the country (in German): In Berlin wird […]

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What our silence on Kabul’s protests says about our grief for Paris

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Scroll.in, 23 November 2015 Discussing the silence of the mainstream Indian press on the recent Zabul Seven protests in Kabul, the blogger quotes AAN’s Martine van Bijlert, on the Afghan mood: Writing on the demonstration for the Afghanistan Analysts Network, researcher and writer Martine Van Bijlert noted that “Afghanistan may be a violent country, but it […]

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Afghani remains in free fall as food & fuel prices shoot up

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ToloNews, 22 November 2015 The Afghan currency has lost 11 percent of its value against the US dollars and the Pakistani rupee in the past four months – falling to the lowest rate since 2001 –, while rates of food items and other commodities increased by 18 percent and fuel by 40 percent.

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Former Guantanamo Inmate Leads The Afghan Fight Against IS

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 22 November 2015 A portrait of Haji Ghalib Mujahid, the district governor of Achin in Nangrahar the area in Afghanistan that has the most IS problems.

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Deutsche Flüchtlingspolitik in Afghanistan: „Haben Sie sich das gut überlegt?“

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Tageszeitung, 19 November 2015 Article by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in the Berlin-based daily, looking at the German campaign in Afghanistan to warn potential refugees from travelling to Europe.

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An ISIS School Teaches Jihad To Children At Age 3

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NPR, 19 November 2015 In an article introducing the US radio station’s documentary film about Daesh in Afghanistan, AAN’s Borhan Osman and his analysis about the group is quoted:  

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Germany launches campaign to deter Afghan refugees

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Stars and Stripes, 16 November 2015 In this article about the German government’s campaign to discourage would-be Afghan migrants from making the sometimes perilous journey to Europe, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted: Germany’s public relations campaign in Afghanistan is part of a broader strategy to reduce the number of incoming refugees, said German researcher Thomas Ruttig, […]

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“90% real” – The rise and fall of a rentier economy: Stories from Kandahar

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AREU, November 2015 In AREU’s Working Paper 38, authors Giulia Minoia and Adam Pain look into the ups and downs of Kandahar city’’s economy since 2001-. The paper is based on four interesting case studies, taking up the pre-war tradition of ‘bazaar structure studies’: focused on three sub-sectors of the informal street vendor economy: the selling of […]

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At Europe's edge: exhausted refugees in a Serbian field. Photo: Refugee Aid Serbia.

An “Afghan Exodus” (1): Facts, figures, trends

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The on-going “exodus” of Afghans – now the second largest group entering the EU – has contributed to the increasing refugee numbers across Europe. This, in turn, has led to heated debates and an increased political polarisation between pro- and anti-refugee movements and parties. As governments and citizens struggle to handle the influx of refugees, […]

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Die Wut der Bevölkerung wächst

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Tageszeitung, 13 November 2015 Thomas Ruttig’s article in the Berlin daily about the Kabul demonstrations commemorating the seven Hazaras killed by a Talban dissident group and protesting what id perceived of the government’s lack on attention for the security of Hazaras in Ghazni province.

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“Geht der Exodus weiter, wäre das verheerend”

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Tagesanzeiger, 10 November 2015 Interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (not online) about the refugee question, discussing the volatile security situation, particularly after the Taleban take-over of Kunduz, and the dire economic situation – emphasising that both reasons to become a refugee are difficult to divide from each other.

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