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Thomas Ruttig

Die Staffelstäbe des Hindukusch

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Voice of Russia, 2 October 2014 In its commentary about the signing of the US-Afghan BSA, the government-owned Russian media outlet (in its German service) picks up an old quote by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig – which remains valid: that the (now continuing) presence of western troops in Afghanistan contains “stabilising and destabilising factors” at the […]

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Stationierungsabkommen: Soldaten bleiben in Afghanistan

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Detektor FM, 1 October 2014 Listen to an interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (in German) on Cologne-based campus radio, with a first assessment of the US-Afghan security cooperation agreement finally signed by the new government.

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[IS, die Taleban und Afghanistan]

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SRF4, 1 October 2014 Listen to an audio file of an interview by Swiss radio (in German, with a direct link) with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, on the relationship between IS and Afghanistan. Main points: there is some IS propaganda activity in Pakistan and Afghanistan but no proven sign of Taleban joining the IS in masses. A […]

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Afghan first lady in shadow of 1920s queen?

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al-Jazeera, 1 October 2014 On the (not always pleasant) Afghan debate of Afghanistan’s current first lady, Rula Ghani, with a look back at the role of other leading Afghan women over the decades.  

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Afghanistan signs deal to keep US troops

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Daily Telegraph, 30 September 2014 AAN’s Kate Clark quoted here on the financial repercussions of the BSA signing: “It’s not the American soldiers, but the money in the pockets of the army and police, that’s the critical thing. If you’re trying to fight an insurgency with soldiers and police who are not getting paid, then […]

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Vliv Karzáího doma zůstane velký

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Haló (Czech Rep.), 30 September 2014 A quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, on the future role of ex-president Karzai (apparently from an older AAN dispatch): Thomas Ruttig, spoluředitel nezávislé výzkumné organizace Afghanistan Analysts Network v Kábulu, upozorňuje, že Karzáí si dobře připravil půdu, aby zůstal v politické hře. »Úspěšně spolupracoval se všemi hlavními prezidentskými kandidáty a […]

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US and Afghanistan sign long-awaited security agreement

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al-Jazeera US, 30 September 2014 A brief quote of AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the future NATO training mission in Afghanistan: “’If the Afghan government and Afghans want this, this is good,’ said Thomas Ruttig, a co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network. ‘They need training, not such in how to fight but on the rules that […]

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Afghans are riding a secret Kabul-Canada express

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Los Angeles Daily News, 29 September 2014 In an article about some Afghan army officers defecting during a training stay in the US, the author builds the link to the current Afghan situation and the elections, quoting AAN’s Kate Clark: “In the end, the deal to form a successor administration to Karzai’s was done behind […]

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Afghanischer Stillstand [Keine Opposition. Nirgends.]

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Frankfurter Rundschau, 29 September 2014 Op-ed commentary by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the Afghan election result (what it means for Afghan democracy), resulting in the conclusion that, with the competing camps of Ghani an Abdullah joining hands in the ‘government of national unity’, the political opposition now also officially joins the government, leaving not much […]

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Elections 2014 (52): The not yet officially announced results – electoral maths with unknowns

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After over five months, Afghanistan has finally an election result … kind of. In a remarkable step, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced the winner of the run-off on 21 September 2014, but did not release the results – apparently one of Abdullah’s unbending conditions for reaching a final agreement on the national unity government. […]

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