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Thomas Ruttig

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German Foreign Policy.com, 1 October 2015 The German-language website quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in its analysis of the Taleban Kunduz attack: “Gescheitert ist auch das Berliner Konzept von der Bundeswehr als ‘Entwicklungshelfer in Uniform'”, hielt bereits im Frühjahr der Afghanistan-Experte Thomas Ruttig vom Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) fest: “Gedacht als Alternative zum Antiterrorkrieg von George […]

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Veľmoc utečencov je Afganistan už vyše 30 rokov, do Európy neutekajú len pred Talibanom

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Denník N, 1 October 2015 The Slovak daily has extensive quotes from an interview in this analytical article, looking at the Taleban takeover of Kunduz and the increase of Afghan refugees in Europe.

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Kunduz: long vulnerable, long neglected, then conquered

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dpa, 1 October 2015 Obaid Ali, an expert on Kunduz politics (from AAN) is quoted here:  “I am very surprised that the Kabul-based government did not take any strong steps against the insurgency or did not conduct any major operations to clear out the Taliban around the city,” said Obaid Ali, an expert on Kunduz […]

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Will Taliban Invasion Keep U.S. Boots on Ground in Afghanistan?

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NBC News, 1 October 2015 AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted in this explainer about the Taleban takeover of Kunduz: “It’s a real psychological blow to the morale of the government and the Afghan security forces and at the same time it’s a boost to the Taliban,” Kate Clark, the country director for the Afghan Analysts […]

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Martine van Bijlert over situatie in Kunduz

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NOS Radio 1, 1 October 2015 Listen to an audio (in Dutch) with AAN’s Martine van Bijlert being interviewed by the Netherlands national radio network: Nadat de Taliban maandag de stad Kunduz onverwacht bezette, zegt de Afghaanse regering de stad te hebben heroverd. Maar de Taliban ontkennen dit.  De gevechten om de stad gaan door, waarbij het Afghaanse leger […]

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Bundeswehr unterstützt Afghanen gegen Taliban

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Tagesspiegel, 1 October 2015 The quote of AAN’s Borhan Osman from the Austrian Standard also appears in Berlin’s Tagesspiegel: Auch wenn sich die Angaben bestätigen und die Regierung Kundus komplett zurückgewinnt, bleibt die Einnahme der Provinzhauptstadt ein Propagandasieg für die Taliban – und ein Wendepunkt: Der Sturm repräsentiere eine beispiellose Veränderung in der Kriegsführung der […]

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Afghanistans Armee kämpft in Kunduz um Häuser und Herzen

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Der Standard, 1 October 2015 AAN’s Borhan Osman is quoted from his Kunduz dispatch in this article by the Austrian daily: Auch wenn die Regierung Kunduz nun zurückgewinnt, bleibt die Einnahme der Provinzhauptstadt ein Propagandasieg für die Militanten – und ein Wendepunkt: Der Sturm repräsentiere eine beispiellose Veränderung in der Kriegsführung der Taliban hin zum […]

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Les talibans prennent Kunduz, l’armée afghane piétine

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Libération, 30 September 2015 The French daily quotes briefly from AAN: Cette fois, selon l’Afghanistan Analysts Network, les talibans et leurs alliés ont lancé leur offensive depuis la bande dite de Gortepa, qui regroupe une cinquantaine de villages situés à proximité de Kunduz. Ils s’en étaient emparés lors de leur offensive d’avril ; l’armée afghane n’en […]

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A Taliban Prize, Won in a Few Hours After Years of Strategy

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New York Times, 30 September 2015 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted here on the background of the Taleban attack on Kunduz, with their first assault in April: By spring, the Taliban had begun to test Kunduz City itself, mostly coming through Chahar Dara, the district to its west. “They rolled into the city but were […]

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La OTAN envía fuerzas especiales a Kunduz para ayudar al Ejército afgano

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El País, 30 September 2015 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is also quoted in the Spanish daily’s second article about Kunduz, on the role of NATO in the Kunduz battle: Una fuente militar anónima citada por France Presse ha explicado que en el despliegue hay soldados de élite estadounidenses, británicos y alemanes. “Son muy pocos, apenas 40 […]

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¿Por qué están de vuelta los talibanes?

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El País, 30 September 2015 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted extensively here in one of the largest Spanish newspapers on the Taleban takeover of Kunduz, the strength of the insurgents, ethnic rifts and the balance of territorial control: “Son más fuertes de lo que se admite oficialmente”, asegura Thomas Ruttig, co-director del Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) en […]

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Afghanistan: Die gescheiterte Mission

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Westfälische Rundschau, 30 September 2015 Thanks to the German daily: In a comment about the Taleban takeover of Kunduz, it found an AAN prediction from 2013 that “civil war is the most likely scenario” for future Afghanistan. (We wrote that there already is a civil war in ongoing and it is likely to continue…): Die […]

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