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Thomas Ruttig

Afghan Presidential Vote Audit Continues Despite Glitches

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Voice of America, 20 July 2014 This article about the Afghan audit and its still unclear rules quotes AAN’s Kate Clark: “It felt like the referee had blown his whistle and the football match had started, not almost quite sure what a goal was,” said Kate Clark of the Kabul-based Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN), who […]

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Neu erschienen: INAMO

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Junge Welt (Berlin), 20 July 2014 The Berlin-based daily briefly reviews new political magazines, among them the Afghanistan special of INAMO (Information Project Near and Middle East; in German), pointing to AAN’s Thomas Ruttig’s contribution, “The emergence and future of the ‘warlords’ in Afghanistan’s oligarchy”.

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Karzai Speaks on Afghan Political Tensions, Relations with West

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Voice of America, 16 July 2014 Another ‘farewell’ interview of President Hamed Karzai, with some remarkable statements: regretting some of his statements in an earlier BBC interview; speaking i favour of a natipnal unity government but against “an arrangement of a sort of coalition of political parties”; saying that the “change of system from presidential […]

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US, NATO step up to overcome Afghan electoral dispute

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Stars and Stripes, 16 July 2014 AAN’s Afghanistan country director Kate Clark is quoted here: That international intervention to resolve the crisis became necessary was “disappointing but not surprising” given the lingering problems with the Afghan election system, said Kate Clark, country director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network. “The Afghan options were all used up […]

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Afghanistan car bomb leaves at least 89 civilians dead

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The Guardian, 15 July 2014 In this report about the devastating car bomb detonated in Urgun bazaar of Paktika province, AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted as saying: “The Taliban rarely claim attacks which cause mass civilian casualties, even when they are responsible,” said Kate Clark of the Afghanistan Analysts Network. “I would take this denial with […]

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Afganistan.Powyborczy kryzys zażegnany

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PAP/Gazeta Wyborcza, 14 July 2014 This article by the largest Polish news agency, reprinted in the country’s most importsnt newspaper, quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig: “Wszyscy w Afganistanie odetchnęli z ulgą. Udało się uniknąć konfliktu, który zaczął się przeradzać w groźną konfrontację – mówi PAP Thomas Ruttig, współdyrektor szanowanego kabulskiego ośrodka analitycznego Afganistan Analysts Network. – […]

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Kabul: Schiedsrichter Kerry pfeift zur Verlängerung des Wahlspektakels (subscribers only)

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Neues Deutschland (Berlin), 14 July 2014 Guest article by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in the Berlin.based daily, summarising the 4-point agreement brokered by US Secretary of State Kerry and looking ahead: “Kerry’s mediation success is an important step forward. But some questions remain open. … In a government of national unity, many Karzai era politicians might […]

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Afghanistan: prouesse diplomatique de John Kerry entre deux avions

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Libération/AFP, 13 July 2014 More quotes from AAN’s Kate Clark (in French): Selon Kate Clark du cercle de réflexion Afghan analysts network (AAN), l’accord de samedi soir a changé la donne. «Les deux candidats sont maintenant en voie d’accepter l’audit et le résultat», a-t-elle dit à l’AFP, en précisant que l’Afghanistan pouvait maintenant espérer un […]

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The 48-hour dash to save Afghanistan’s election

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AFP/Asia One, 13 July 2014 AAN’s Kate Clark is joining the stream of joyful reactions to the election deal brokered by the US’ John Kerry and the UN: “Because what we witnessed today was not just a topmost diplomatic achievement, it was close to a miracle.” Kate Clark of the Afghan Analysts’ Network hailed the […]

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Afganistan.Powyborczy kryzys zażegnany

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PAP/Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland), 13 July 2014 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this election-related article: “Wszyscy w Afganistanie odetchnęli z ulgą. Udało się uniknąć konfliktu, który zaczął się przeradzać w groźną konfrontację – mówi PAP Thomas Ruttig, współdyrektor szanowanego kabulskiego ośrodka analitycznego Afganistan Analysts Network. – W obecnej sytuacji Afganistanu kompromis, nawet wymuszony przez obcych, […]

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Präsidentschaftskandidaten riskieren Bürgerkrieg

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Die Welt, 11 July 2014 In this article (in German) about the Afghan election impasse, the author quotes from Martine van Bijlert’s AAN dispatch: “Eine einvernehmliche Beilegung der Krise sei nicht ausgemacht, schreibt Martine van Bijlert vom Afghanistan Analysts Network in Kabul: ‘Auch wenn beide Kandidaten sich bereit erklären, das Ergebnis der Überprüfung abzuwarten, ist […]

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