Afghanistan International, 26 August 2026 Tahir Qadiry gives a long interview to the Afghan exile media platform, reflecting about AAN latest report, “Pushed to the Limits: The struggle to survive deepening poverty in Afghanistan.”
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ARTE, 25 August 2026 A three-part documentary by Lucio Molina on what led to the US/Western withdrawal from Afghanistan and subsequent collapse of ‘Kabul’, looking back at the 40 years of its preceding history, featuring, among others – such as Ashraf Ghani, Yunos Qanuni, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Zalmay Khalilzad, Nader Naderi, Asila Wardak, Karl Eikenberry […]
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Tageszeitung, 21 August 2026 In this guest article for the German daily, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig looks at the participation, arrest, killing and executions of Afghans after the January protests in Iran, including the latest execution – one day before – of 20 year-old Qaem Hosseini in Isfahan, accused by the regime of involvement in the […]
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Tageszeitung, 15 August 2026 In this guest article for Berlin-based daily newspaper article, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig first looks briefly back at five years of renewed Taleban rule and then, more in detail, at the status of Afghanistan’s fragmented protest an opposition, movement between pro and cons of armed resistance, polarised discussions about Afghanistan’s future political […]
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nd, 13 August 2026 In this guest article for the leftist German newspaper, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig looks at the Taleban’s “crumbling” diplomatic isolation, identifying to major trends: governments in the region and Asia normalising because of their interest in regional economic connectivity, while many Europe pursue ‘technical’ contacts in order to be able to deport […]
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The National, 10 August 2026 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig is quoted in this look at Germany’s and the EU’s evolving deportation-motivated relations with the Taleban regime. Generally, European governments are “very non-transparent” when discussing the forced return of Afghans, Mr Ruttig said. “That also shows that they know that there is headwind against that in civil […]
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Ruhr-Nachrichten, 1 August 2026 In this article, the Dortmund-based newspaper tries to follow up on what might happen to an Afghan who had lived in this city and was convicted for child abuse and deported to Afghanistan. AAN’s Thomas Ruttig was interviewed for this report (in German).
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Nikkei Asia, 31 July 2026 In this explainer by the Japanese news agency, AAN’s Kate Clark is quoted in the answer to the question “Is the Taliban becoming internationally accepted?” The agency writes: Despite the fact that the Taliban are still not recognized by many countries as Afghanistan’s legitimate government, it has steadily expanded its […]
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Frankfurter Rundschau, 30 July 2026 The German daily reports about the case of an Afghan man in German deportation arrest for an unauthorised short vacation abroad, to be extradited to Taleban-ruled Afghanistan. The article quotes AAN’s Thomas Ruttig reacting to an IOM statement saying that security in Afghanistan had improved, allowing the deportation of Afghan […]
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Tageszeitung, 28 July 2026 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig reports for the Berlin-based daily Germany’s sixth deportation flight to Taleban-ruled Afghanistan on this very day; it was also the first one by which a non-criminal Afghan was included. So far, deportations were limited to convicted criminals who had committed substantial crimes and individuals considered a terrorist threat. […]
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RFI Persian, 20 July 2026 The Persian service of French international broadcaster RFI reports AAN’s new publication about how Afghan households have fared after the regime change of 2021, “Afghanistan’s Unequal Economic Recovery.” Afghanistan Analysis Network shows that the country’s economic recovery since the Taliban came to power has been small, limited, and highly unequal. […]
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Tageszeitung, 19 July 2026 AAN’s Thomas Ruttig summarises the events in the night to Friday, 17 July, when armed fighters of a new opposition group, the Soldiers of the Homeland (Sepahian-e Maihan) took Yaftal district in Badakhshan from the Taleban for some hours, and provides background about the group and, briefly, the state of the […]
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