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Thomas Ruttig

What 3 Deaths Among Thousands Tell Us About Afghanistan In 2018

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National Public Radio (online), 30 December 2018 In a look back at three assassinations in Afghanistan in 2018, AAN material is used and linked on General Razeq in Kandahar.

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Welche Folgen hätte ein Teilabzug der USA aus Afghanistan?

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Tagesspiegel (online), 26 December 2018 Quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in the Berlin-based daily newspaper on the (still officially unconfirmed) reports that President Trump is planning a partial troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. Thomas pointed out that the Taleban control more territory and population than ever since 2001 and that the implementation of the step could […]

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US-Teilabzug aus Afghanistan: Keine Politik, nur noch Ressentiment

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Tageszeitung, 24 December 2018 Op-ed commentary by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in the Berlin daily, about the purported Trump decision on a partial US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan: “First, the withdrawal from the Kurdish areas of Syria where the Kurds will be thrown to the wolves of Assad and Erdogan, and now Afghanistan. (…) It doesn’t happen for […]

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Afghanistan: USA im Rückwärtsgang

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Telepolis, 22 December 2018 This compilation of a year-end analysis of Afghanistan by the German news website used a number of quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig and his analysis on his German website Afghanistan Zhaghdablai (all in German): Soweit geht die in vielerlei Beziehung präzisere und auf die afghanische Wirklichkeit bezogene Analyse des deutschen Afghanistankenners […]

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암살ㆍ고문까지 대행하는 용병, 처벌할 법망은 애매모호

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Hankook Ilbo and Daum, 22 December 2018 Quotes from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig in the Korean daily, with respect to the role of private security contractors in Afghanistan: “..하지만 카불 소재 싱크탱크 ‘아프간 분석 네트워크’의 선임연구원 토마스 루티그는 “극단적으로 위험하다”고 잘라 말한다. 그는 기자에게 보낸 이메일 답변에서 “만일 프린스의 계획이 실행에 옮겨진다면 아프간 전쟁은 이윤추구의 장이 되고, […]

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El plan de retirada de tropas de Trump desconcierta a Afganistán

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El País, 21 December 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in the leading Spanish daily on the purported Trump plan to drastically reduce US troops in Afghanistan: “No sé si [Khalilzad] lo sabía, pero no creo que le agrade que Trump debilite su posición en medio de las conversaciones”, declara a EL PAÍS Thomas Ruttig, […]

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Is Trump handing over Afghanistan to Pakistan?

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Deutsche Welle, 21 December 2018 Another quote by AAN’s Thomas Ruttig on the English service of the German public foreign broadcaster on Trump’s reported plans of a troop reduction in Afghanistan: “If the US actually goes ahead with the troop reduction plan, it would be a manifestation of Trump’s ‘America First’ policy,” Thomas Ruttig, an […]

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What Would A U.S. Troop Reduction In Afghanistan Mean?

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RFE/RL, 21 December 2018 A quote from AAN’s Thomas Ruttig, next to Kabul analyst Haroun Mir, former Afghan deputy foreign minister Omar Samad, ICG’s Graeme Smith and others, on the reported Trump plan of a heavy partial troops withdrawal from Afghanistan: “This makes no strategical sense, as it weakens the U.S.’s own position and that […]

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Gespräche zwischen USA und Taliban: Kein Durchbruch in Afghanistan

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Tageszeitung, 21 December 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig writes  about the outcome of the US-Taleban (and others’) talks in Abu Dhabi: “no breakthrough” and peace “still far out of sight” (in German).

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The Forgotten Afghan Province That Is A Key Taliban Stronghold [Zabul]

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RFE/RL, 16 December 2018 In this short portrait of Zabul province, AAN’s Ali Muhammad Sabawoon is extensively quoted about reasons for the local populations’ Taleban sympathies recorded by an Asia Foundation poll: Ali Mohammad Sabawoon, a researcher at the Afghanistan Analysts Network, an independent think tank in Kabul, says there are several reasons why there is […]

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“Förstå Afghanistan“: AAN contributed to Swedish Committee’s Afghanistan reader

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The new “Förstå Afghanistan“ (Understanding Afghanistan) reader by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SAK) is out. It covers everything from Afghanistan’s history, its people, state and culture to Afghan-Swedish relations (in Swedish). It has an extensive reading list and scores of good photos. The book’s three dozen contributors include renowned Afghan, Swedish and other authors, […]

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Parlamentswahl in Afghanistan: Erst die Wahl, dann das Chaos

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Tageszeitung, 7 December 2018 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig reports about the Afghan election complaints commission (ECC) cancelling all Kabul votes of the 20-21 October parliamentary elections, toppling the country into new crisis (in German). He describes the Independent Election Commission, but also says that the ECC had let pass suspicious results from other provinces without taking […]

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