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Thomas Ruttig

Fears loom over Afghanistan’s internet

Politico, 25 August 2021 This article looks at the risk of Afghans losing access to the internet, parallel to the decline of independent ‘traditional’ media.

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Scheitern mit Ansage: Die deutsche Afghanistan-Politik

ARD, 19 August 2021 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this report in Germany’s largest public broadcasters attempt to summarise the West’s and Germany’s failure in Afghanistan and its reasons (in German): The whitewashing was that for years the federal government presented the situation in the reports it submitted in a much rosier way than […]

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As I walk around Kabul, the streets are empty of women

The Guardian, 19 August 2021 Laila Haidari, the owner of Taj Begum restaurant, wrote on her social media page: “The world changed for us for ever. Taj Begum is no more.” She, along with many businesswomen, closed her restaurant after the fall of Kabul. Another popular restaurant a few hundred metres away, also run by […]

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Taliban rule the second time round – what to expect?

Qantara, 17 August 2021 The Germany-based Near/Middle East-centered website reviews AAN co-founder Thomas Ruttig’s paper for CTC Sentinel on “whether the Talban have changed.”

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US-Truppenabzug: „Das Verantwortungsloseste, was die USA Afghanistan antun konnten“

Kontrast, 16 August 2021 An analysis (in German) of the premature US troop withdawal from Afghanistan by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig for the Austrian news website (in German): “the most irresponsible what the US could do with Afghanistan.” He also quotes Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary, William Maley, Afghanistan expert at Australia’s National Universität in Canberra, Andrew […]

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A Week Into Taliban Rule, One City’s Glimpse of What the Future May Hold

New York Times, 15 August 2021 The first detailed report about day-to-day life and Taleban attempts to govern and re-install public services from a province outside of Kabul under their control, Kunduz.

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Blitzoffensive in Afghanistan: Taliban stehen vor Kabul

Tageszeitung (Berlin), 13 August 2021 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig provids the latest round-up of the quickly changing security situation in Afghanistan (in German)

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Hiding books, buying burqas: Kandahar prepares for Taliban rule

The Economist, 13 August 2021 Over the past few days the Taliban have reached ever deeper into Kandahar; late on Thursday night, they took control of it. The fighting has been devastating. Mosques have been boarded up. People are stockpiling beans and rice. Some have abandoned their homes to move in with relatives in parts […]

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Drogen, Gold und flexible Fronten: Sieg der Taliban in Nord-Afghanistan

Tageszeitung (Berlin), 12 August 2021 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig looks at the reasons behind the unexpected Taleban success in northern Afghanistan, deemed to be an anti-Taleban stronghold – and why this has not been the case anymore for many years (in German).

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Joschka Fischer zur Kundus-Eroberung der Taliban „Es beginnt eine neue Schreckenszeit für die Afghanen“

Tagesspiegel, 9 August 2021 Next to the former German foreign minister, also AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted here: Auch nach Einschätzung des Afghanistan-Experten Thomas Ruttig ist der Fall von Kundus ein wichtiger Erfolg für die Taliban. „Sie haben jetzt von dort und von Süd-Afghanistan aus die Option, auf Kabul zu marschieren“, sagte Ruttig dem Tagesspiegel. […]

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Eroberungskrieg in Afghanistan: Kundus in Händen der Taliban

Tageszeitung, 9 August 2021 Another round-up (in German) of the current security situation in Afghanistan, after the Taleban captured several provincial capitals, by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig. With an additional commentary.

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