Thomas Ruttig

Loya Paktia’s Insurgency: The Haqqani Network as an Autonomous Entity in the Taliban Universe.

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Thomas Ruttig, In: Antonio Giustozzi (ed.) Decoding the New Taliban. Insights from the Afghan Field. Columbia: Hurst, 2009 Full publication can be bought here: Loya Paktia’s Insurgency: The Haqqani Network as an Autonomous Entity in the Taliban Universe. Read my chapter here: 20090224 HQN as an semi-autonomous Taleban entity

10 Jul 2009

Germans at the Front

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“It couldn’t have come worse. It is mid-August 2009. American pilots bomb an Afghan village, many women and children die. The target for the attack was provided by the Germans.” [The German parliament is currently in the decision-making process about sending AWACS surveillance planes to Afghanistan.] “Two days later, three German Bundeswehr soldiers publicly brag […]

30 Jun 2009

Bei Ausstieg Lebensgefahr: Herausforderungen an den neuen US-Präsidenten in Afghanistan

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KAS-Auslandsinformationen 12/2008, pp. 69-82 Thomas Ruttig (Opting Out is Dangerous: Challenges Confronting the Incoming US President in Afghanistan) Full publication available below: Bei Ausstieg Lebensgefahr: Herausforderungen an den neuen US-Präsidenten in Afghanistan

30 Dec 2008

Mit Taliban reden – oder sie bombardieren?

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INAMO No. 56 (winter 2008), pp. 33-36 Thomas Ruttig (Talk to Taliban – or Bomb Them?) Full publication available below: Mit Taliban reden – oder sie bombardieren?

28 Nov 2008

Thomas Ruttig: Mahmud Tarzi’s ideas and their influence on the movement of the Wesh Zalmian

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Paper presented at the International conference on Allama Mahmoud Tarzi and Mohammad Wali Khan Darwazi in Kabul, 23-24 August 2008 (unpublished) The paper addresses the influence of the thoughts of Afghan nationalist and moderniser Mahmud Tarzi (1865-1933) on Afghanistan’s 1940-50s pro-democratic opposition movement, the Wesh Zalmian (Awakened Youth), Find an updated version under AAN occasional […]

23 Aug 2008

Afghanistan: Institutionen ohne Demokratie. Strukturelle Schwächen des Staatsaufbaus in Afghanistan und Ansätze für eine politische Stabilisierung

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SWP Research Paper 2008/S 17 Thomas Ruttig (Afghanistan: Institutions without Democracy. Structural weaknesses of state-building in Afghanistan and approaches for a political stabilisation) Full paper available below: Afghanistan: Institutionen ohne Demokratie

28 Jul 2008

Die Taleban nach Mulla Dadullah. Ihre Strukturen, ihr Programm – und ob man mit ihnen reden kann

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SWP-Aktuell 2007/A 31 Thomas Ruttig (The Taleban after Mulla Dadullah. Their structures, programme – and whether one can talk with them – text in German) Full publication in PDF version available via the link below: 20070610SWP-aktuell zu Taleban nach Dadullah

31 Aug 2007

Islamists, Leftists – and a Void in the Center. Afghanistan’s Political Parties and where they come from (1902-2006)

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Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Kabul/Berlin 2006 Thomas Ruttig Full publication available below: Islamists, Leftists – and a Void in the Center

1 Jan 2006

The 2004 Afghan Presidential Elections and Challenges for the Forthcoming Parliamentary Elections

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In: Moonis Ahmad (Ed.), The Challenge of Rebuilding Afghanistan, Program on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi and The Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad, 2005, pp. 61-71 Thomas Ruttig

1 Jan 2005

Taleban edict on the ban of internet (2001)

Published by Radio Shariat (transcript) Saturday, 25 Aug 2001 8:00 pm An edict of the IEA has been issued concerning the prohibition of using Internet on the territory of the IEA by the IEA administration, non-Emirate institutions, foreign and local NGOs. 1st article:         All IEA administration, non-Emirate institutions, foreign and local NGOs and individual people cannot use Internet […]

25 Aug 2001

Commitment letter for foreign nationals living on IEA territory

This was a draft document sent to international organisations by the Taleban government in June 2001; it was never implemented. Source: AAN archive. Exact copy of the English original (retyped because of poor quality of original fax copy): The commitments of Foreign NationalsWhile Living into the territory of the IEACommitment letter NameFather’s Name:Last Name:Passport no:Nationality: […]

1 Jun 2001

The Geneva Accords on Afghanistan

14 April 1988 Read the documents (here) that were concluded as component parts of the political settlement on Afghanistan, ending the Soviet military occupation: A Bilateral Agreement between the Republic of Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on the Principles of Mutual Relations, in particular on Non-interference and Non-intervention; A Declaration on International Guarantee! […]

14 Apr 1988