Thomas Ruttig

Monsun flutet Afghanistan

Tageszeitung, 1 September 2022 Article by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in the Berlin daily reporting the damage by recent flooding in large parts of Afghanistan and the international discussion whether or how to aid Afghanistan under the Taleban (in German).

1 Sep 2022

Afghanistan: Auf dem Weg zum Gottesstaat – Bilanz nach einem Jahr Taleban-Regime

WeltTrends, August 2022 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig takes stock of Afghanistan’s political, socio-economic and security situation one year after the Taleban’s second takeover of power for the Potsdam-based foreign policy journal (in German, behind a paywall: €1.50).

31 Aug 2022

The Afghan Women Left Behind

The New Yorker, 24 August 2022 AAN research, on the debate in th international aid community about ‘working with’ or isolating the Taleban, is quoted briefly in this article: In July, a report by Afghanistan Analysts Network found that aid organizations have scaled back their activities because of funding shortfalls, and that donors are concerned […]

24 Aug 2022

Afghan Economic Crisis Worsens as Taliban Mark Anniversary

Voice of America, 13 August 2022 AAN’s Roxanna Shapour is quoted here: The donors are “facing a dilemma,” according to Roxanna Shapour of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, adding that they want to assist Afghanistan, but “they are not sure how to engage with the Taliban.” Shapour noted that the international community does not recognize the […]

13 Aug 2022

Ein Jahr Afghanistan unter den Taliban: Ideologie statt Pragmatismus

Tageszeitung, 13 August 2022 In this weekend issue of the Berlin-based daily, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig looks back at one year of the second Taleban regime in Afghanistan (in German). He concludes: So far, the Taliban have been “still dominated by the ideology of pragmatism,” as the Afghan journalist Fazelminullah Qazizai writes. (…)It is unclear whether […]

13 Aug 2022

Who Opposes the Taliban? Old Politics, Resistance and the Looming Risk of Civil War

Fabrizio Foschini •

ISPI, 11 August 2022 This article by AAN’s Fabrizio Foschini is a contribution to a dossier published by the Milan-based Italian Institute for International Political Studies and edited by Giuliano Battiston and Nicola Missaglia, titled “Afghanistan, One Year Later.” He looks at three groups in particular, the political that “lack[s] the means to effectively influence Afghan […]

11 Aug 2022

Misery and disease conquer Afghanistan a year into Taliban rule

AFP/France24, 10 August 2022 AAN’s Roxanna Shapour is quoted here on the issue of how to support the Afghan population and not strengthening the Taleban regime: Over the past year, would-be donors have grappled with the conundrum of funnelling fresh funding to the ailing nation, which the Taliban rebranded the “Islamic Emirate” in line with […]

10 Aug 2022

Afghanistan und der Strafgerichtshof: Verzögerte Gerechtigkeit

Tageszeitung, 8 August 2022 An abbreviated version (in German) of Ehsan Qaane’s AAN text on the debates in The Hague’s ICC about who is representing Afghanistan there and what that means for justice for Afghans in the Berlin-based daily, as a guest commentary.

8 Aug 2022

Economic Causes of Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis

HRW, 4 August 2022 A useful overview over the current humanitarian situation in Afghanistan plus questions and answers on th US sanctions and banking restrictions on the Taleban which in reality hit the Afghan people indiscriminately. HRW sums up: “Economic Crisis Underlies Mass Hunger”. The following questions are answered: How serious is the humanitarian situation […]

4 Aug 2022

Faith and Vengeance: the Islamic State’s War in Afghanistan

NewLines, 1 August 2022 In this new study on IS’s franchise in Afghanistan and the death of its leader Zia ul-Haq Zia aka Abu Omar Khorasani, its authors Fazelminallah Qazizai and Chris Sands mention that it has also been informed by “studies from organizations including the Afghanistan Analysts Network, the Center for Middle East Policy […]

1 Aug 2022

Afghanistan: Auf dem Weg zum Gottesstaat

WeltTrends, August 2022 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, in a text on the first year in power of the new Taleban regime for this German foreign policy magazine, sees it on the way to a theocracy, with trying to basing the entire system on Sharia law exclusively, abandoning state institutions established after 2001 and organising religious legitimisation […]

1 Aug 2022

The Trans-Afghan Railway Line: Back on Track?

The Diplomat, 26 July 2022 A new attempt is made to construct a railway line connecting Uzbekistan and Pakistan through Afghanistan, this time with the Taleban on board. The project is facing a set of problems, however: funding, security issues and the problem of the tracks’ gauge. Uzbekistan is using the Russian gauge (which is […]

26 Jul 2022