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Thomas Ruttig

Afghan Taliban: Mullah Mansour’s battle to be leader

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BBC, 23 September 2015 In an analysis of the structure of the Taleban movement after the change of leadership, AAN’s Borhan Osman is quoted among other Taleban experts on the military commission, the Quetta shura and the ways of communication in the movement: Borhan Osman of the respected Afghanistan Analysts Network, AAN, says the military […]

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President Ghani yet to meet his 30 advisors

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Pajhwok News Agency, 21 September 2015 The Kabul-based news agency reports about the number of advisors (79, eight more than under Karzai)under president Ghani, and that he has not met many of them yet.

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U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies’ Abuse of Boys

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New York Times, 20 September 2015 The Times reports, quoting former military personnel serving in Afghanistan, that US soldiers had been told to ignore the bachabazi practice among Afghan allies. The current US commander in Afghanistan has denied the existence of such a ‘policy’ but there is sufficient detail in the report to make this […]

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Afghanistan i skuggan

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Sveriges Radio, 19 September 2015 Swedish radio compiled material about the Afghan conflict and quotes AAN’s Kate Clark: Kate Clark på den oberoende tankesmedjan Afghanistan Analysts Network ger också sin analys av läget i landet.

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Afghan Journalists Join The Refugee Stream To Europe

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RFE/RL, 14 September 2015 “An Afghan press watchdog says 23 Afghan media workers have embarked on a dangerous journey to Europe this week. Nai, a Kabul-based organization that advocates for open media in Afghanistan, says the journalists left their country because of “rising insecurity, censorship, and an uncertain future.” In a statement on September 14, […]

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Karzai: Al Qaeda is a Myth instead of a Reality

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Khaama Press, 12 September 2015 The Kabul-based news agency, in what looks like an op-ed article, on ex-president Hamed Karzai’s latest statements on his disbelief about the existence of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan quotes AAN for some background (actually it was an excerpt from Bette Dam’s book about Karzai which AAN helped to publish): According to an […]

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From Afghanistan with Love

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Deutschlandradio Wissen, 11 September 2015 Listen to a half-hour audio about love, sexuality and violence (in German) that was broadcast on German radio, covering issues like the first Afghan radio program covering those issues, but also phenomena like bachabazi and bachaposh. The latter part is covered in an interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig.  

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A Day In The Life Of Afghan Refugees In Athens’ Victoria Square

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Huffington Post, 11 September 2015 Self-explanatory headline. It just needed to be added that most Afghan refugees to Europe come through Greece; their percentage through North Africa and Italy is very low.

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Bevor das Erz aus der Erde ist (Before the Ore Is out of the Ground)

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Südlink 173, September 2015 Joint article by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig and Obaid Ali in the Berlin-based and NGO-run development magazine’s special issue on “resources justice”, on the Ainak copper mining projects and its problems: displacement, environmental problems and a lack of transparency (in German; the article is not available online; go to the website to order a […]

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Afghans Celebrate a National Hero, and Fighting Breaks Out

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New York Times, 10 September 2015 “The annual celebration of Afghanistan’s official national hero, Ahmed Shah Massoud, descended into violence and ethnic tensions again as his armed supporters began marauding through the streets here, officials said Thursday. At least two people were killed, one of them an officer of the National Directorate of Security, the […]

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Tadschikistan: Vom Parteienverbot zum Aufstand

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Tageszeitung, 9 September 2015 In this full article, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig summarises latest events in Afghanistan’s neighbouring country of Tajikistan where the government just closed down a moderate Islamic opposition party, the PIRT, the only legal one so far in Central Asia, on Monday. On Friday, armed groups led by a just sacked deputy defence […]

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