Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Thomas Ruttig

Menschenrechte in Afghanistan: Morde, Folter und Gewalt

Tageszeitung, 22 July 2022 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig summarises the latest UN report about Afghanistan’s human rights situation under the Taleban (in German).

AAN in the Media Read more

Taliban leader: All “non-Sharia” laws of the past 20 years will be abolished

Etilaat-e Ruz, 9 July 2022 During a speech in Kandahar’s in the Eidgah Mosque, Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzadeh, the leader of the Taleban, said a completely Islamic system will be established in the country and all “non-Sharia” laws passed and enforced during the administration of Hamid Karzai and Ashraf Ghani will be abolished.

Recommended Reads Read more

Afghanistan’s Climate Woes Worsen Under the Taliban

Fair Planet, 6 July 2022 The environment-focussed website quotes from guest author Mayar’s AAN piece: Commenting on the state of the environment in the Taliban’s Afghanistan, Mohammad Assem Mayar, a researcher at the Afghanistan Analysts Network, stated that ruptured ties with erstwhile donors and the international system in general have torpedoed many activities aimed at mitigating the […]

AAN in the Media Read more

Allahs Ordnung auf Erden: Afghanistan unter Taliban-Herrschaft

Tageszeitung, 3 July 2022 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig looks back at the Taleban’s Grand Ulema Conference in Kabul and its repercussions (in German). He sees a further step towards the institutionalisation of the Emirate, under the formula “sharia plus internal unity plus [utopian] autarky”. And Taleban amir Hebatullah still able to plaster over internal disagreements.

AAN in the Media Read more

Powered by Twitter? The Taliban’s Takeover of Afghanistan

Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Data, and Conflict at Princeton University, June 2022 A new report based on the study of “the activity of 63 accounts claimed by the Taliban leadership, spokespersons, and avowed members from April 1 to September 16, 2021” with more than two million followers in September 2021, and of “the broader Taliban […]

Recommended Reads Read more

Nadelstiche gegen Taliban: Opposition in Afghanistan

Tageszeitung, 27 June 2022 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig gives a brief overview of the new anti-Taleban resistance groups inside and outside the country, concluding that they face a “lack of broader mobilisation” due to the facts that many in Afghanistan identify their leaders with the previous governments systemic corruption”, “war crimes” of the past and, mainly, […]

AAN in the Media Read more

Vorletzter afghanischer Häftling entlassen

dpa/ARD-Tagesschau, 24 June 2022 The website of Germany’s main public news reel, via dpa, quotes from AAN research on the penultimate Afghan detainee in Guantanamo, just released.

AAN in the Media Read more

Erdbeben in Afghanistan: Den Opfern beistehen

Tageszeitung, 24 June 2022 Op-ed commentary (in German) by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in the Berlin-based daily, arguing that “donor governments, despite their well-founded rejection of the Taleban regime, should now mobilise all assistance that is needed.”

AAN in the Media Read more

Erdbeben in Afghanistan: “Es ist sehr schwer, die Hilfe dort hinzubekommen”

Die Zeit, 22 June 2022 Q&A in the German weekly’s online version about the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan, with many quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (in German).

AAN in the Media Read more

Subscribe to receive updates from the Afghanistan Analysts Network

Sign up