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Thomas Ruttig

Узбекистан усилил охрану границы с Афганистаном из-за активизации боевиков

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CA-News, 28 April 2015 The Russian-language Central Asian news website based in Kyrghyzstan, in an article about Uzbekistan strengthening its border defences, quotes AAN on a fact which doesn’t originate with us – that Uzbekistan has the longest Afghan  border of all-post-Soviet countries in Central Asia: По данным независимой некоммерческой организации «Сеть аналитиков Афганистана» (Afghanistan […]

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Violence in Afghanistan Delays Ghani on Trip to India

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The Diplomat, 28 April 2015 Discussing, among other points, the role of IS in Afghanistan, this article says: Not all, however, are as convinced of the ISIS threat in Afghanistan. Last week Kate Clark of the Afghan[istan] Analysts Network published an excellent in-depth examination of the Jalalabad attacks — which the Taliban denied and the […]

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Defence contractor run by Colonel Tim Collins OBE under investigation for fraud in Afghanistan

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The Independent, 27 April 2015 A British-run security company, New Century Consulting, came under criminal investigation in the US over “$130m ‘unsupported‘ and ‘questioned‘ costs” from a $176m contract to train Afghan security forces in counterinsurgency,

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Источник: Узбекистан усилил охрану границы с Афганистаном

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RIA Novosti, 28 April 2015 Now also the official Russian news agency quotes AAN on the length of the Afghan-Uzbek border, as if we are the only source for this. But thanks anyway…

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Judge blocks deportation flight for rejected Afghan asylum-seekers


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The Guardian, 22 April 2015 A british judge has cancelled a flight on board of which rejected Afghan asylum seekers were supposed to be deported after warning by Afghan minister for refugees and repatriation that 80% of country is not safe to return to.

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‘The Land Is Hard, The Sky Is Far’: Afghan Turkmen In Dire Straits

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RFE/RL, 26 April 2015 Report about Afghan Turkmens who have ended up in the crossfire between Afghan government troops and the Taleban in Badghis province – and who have not been allowed so far to cross into Turkmenistan, the only open way to escape.

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Afghan, NATO officials doubt IS links to Jalalabad bombing

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Reuters, 22 April 2015 Cautioning voices are on the rise on the alleged involvement of the IS in the recent Jalalabad terrorist attack. ,”Afghan officials and NATO forces in Afghanistan said they doubted that a recent suicide attack on the eastern city of Jalalabad was the work of an offshoot Islamic State, the Islamist militant […]

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Endlich kann in Kabul regiert werden

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Tageszeitung, 20 April 2015 Guest article by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in the Berlin daily covering the parliament’s positive vote on 16 of the 17 remaining cabinet members and the IS claim for the Jalalabad terror attack. Finally, governing Afghanistan can start now, almost seven months after the Ghani/Abdullah government coming to power.

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Urheber gegen Bekenner: Kommentar zum [möglichen] IS-Anschlag in Afghanistan

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Tageszeitung, 20 April 2015 Op-ed commentary in the Berlin daily by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, discussing the likelihood that the IS claim for responsibility for Saturday’s terror attack in Jalalabad is accurate. He writes that, over the past 13 years, militant groups in various instances have claimed attacks they did not commit or denied responsibility despite […]

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Schwerer Anschlag in Afghanistan Präsident Ghani warnt vor IS

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 19 April 2015 The most influential Swiss daily writes about the IS claim for the 18 April terror attack in Jalalabad and says that “people knowledgable about the scene say that IS so far has not much recruited in the region”, linking to an AAN dispatch.

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U.N. investigation finds corruption in Afghan police oversight division

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Reuters, 19 April 2015 “A United Nations sponsored report has found that Afghanistan government officials who headed oversight of the police [Hakim Nejrabi] suppressed complaints of corruption against the force and has recommended their dismissal, according to a copy of the document seen by Reuters. The United Nations Development Programme is also investigating why its […]

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Afghanistan braces for violence as Islamic State makes presence felt

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The Guardian, 19 April 2015 On the Jalalabad terror attack claimed by IS, AAN’s Borhan Osman is quoted with the following comment: Borhan Osman, an analyst with Afghanistan Analysts Network who has tracked the emergence of Isis in Afghanistan, said the group might benefit from frictions within the Taliban. “[Isis] has not built a solid, actual […]

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