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Thomas Ruttig

Buon compleanno Emergency: una mostra per 25 anni al fianco delle vittime di guerra

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La Repubblica, 10 May 2019 In this article of the Italian daily about a photo exhibition on the occasion of Italian medical NGO Emergency – which runs one of the most important hospitals in Kabul – AAN colleague Fabrizio Foschini is mentioned as a moderator of the opening of the show.  

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Gewalt in Afghanistan hält an: Friedens-Loja-Dschirga ohne Wirkung

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Tageszeitung, 5 May 2019 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig’s summary of the Consultative Peace Loya Jirga in Kabul: “After the Loya Jirga, the government in Kabul still does not operate from a position of strength, but of partial – internal and external – isolation, with much of the political opposition boycotting the jirga, the Taleban denouncing it […]

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War, drought, diplomatic rifts deepen Afghanistan’s water crisis

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al-Jazeera, 5 May 2019 “The potential of regional conflict is high and investing in water management is crucial for Afghanistan’s security. While most of the country’s international partners are reluctant to make such costly, long-term investments that bring little profit, the government is increasingly seeing water as a security issue. If “hydro-diplomacy” continues to be put high […]

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[Afghans in the] Refugee crisis in Sri Lanka after the Easter Sunday bombings

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Groundviews, 4 May 2019 Read this reportage by a local human rights activists about the appalling situation of refugees from Muslim countries, among them Afghanistan, after the IS-inspired Easter terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka: “House owners also told me mobs had threatened to destroy their houses if they hosted refugee families. This led to about […]

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Überblick über die Sicherheitslage in Afghanistan

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ecoi.net, 30 April 2019 The country of origin information system of the Austrian Red Cross’s (extensive) summary of security developments in Afghanistan in 2018 and the beginning of 2019 relies, among other sources, on information provided by AAN and by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig’s German-language blog Afghanistan Zhaghdablai.

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Hoffnung am Hindukusch: «Die Frage ist, wie Afghanistan nachher politisch gestaltet wird»

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SRF, 30 April 2019 Listen to an interview with AAN’s Thomas Ruttig with Swiss Radio about the forthcoming Peace Loya Jirga, with a transcript (in German).

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Taliban launches spring offensive even as Afghan peace talks ongoing

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The National, 22 April 2019 A quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in the UAE-based daily, pointing out that the Taleban are not the only party to the conflict escalating the military conflict: According to Thomas Ruttig, co-director of Afghanistan Analysts Network, the onus of the sustained fighting also falls on foreign and Afghan forces. “The […]

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ICC’s Blatant Denial Of Justice And Its Implicit Dangerous Repercussion – Analysis

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Eurasia Review, 17 April 2019 This analysis basically relies on information provided by an AAN dispatch.

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How many civilians does America kill in air strikes? The Pentagon does not really know

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The Economist, 4 April 2019 More American bombs and missiles fell on Afghanistan in 2018 than in any year since published records began a decade ago—more than five times as many as in 2015. Civilian deaths from air strikes correspondingly rose by 87% between 2017 and 2018 to 463, according to Action on Armed Violence […]

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Women and Afghan Peace Talks: ‘Peace consensus’ gathering left Afghan women without reassurance

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One of the recurrent themes around the US-Taleban negotiations to end the Afghan war (so far without participation of the Afghan government) is the demand of Afghan women for “meaningfully participation” in the preparations for inclusive peace talks. This expectation also figured at a national consensus gathering (ejma) in Kabul in late February this year. […]

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Afghans recruited to fight in Syrian war struggle back home

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AP/Miami Herald and Asharq al-Awsat, 31 March 2019 AAN’s Reza Kazemi is quoted in this article about Afghan returnees from the Iranian sponsored, pro-Assad Fatemiyun brigade in Syria with some cautionary tones: Most of those who joined the Fatimiyoun Brigade were driven by hopelessness and poverty, not loyalty to Iran, said Reza Kasimi, a researcher […]

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